ITANAGAR, Dec 15 - Toeing the lines of their central leadership, the Congress leaders from Arunachal Pradesh have demanded the removal of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju for his alleged involvement in the Rs 450-crore Arunachal hydropower project scam.
Terming Rijiju�s effort to brush off the allegations by blaming the Congress as meaningless, former Arunachal Chief Minister Nabam Tuki said that the 129-page report clearly charging sub-contractor Goboi Rijiju, a relative of the Union Minister, was prepared by NEEPCO chief vigilance officer Satish Verma, not by Congress.
Tuki asserted that an independent judicial probe by a sitting Supreme Court judge should be instituted to bring the truth to light.
Former Lok Sabha member and senior Congress leader Takam Sanjoy demanded Rijiju�s voluntary resignation on moral ground for �selling out the trust and verdict of his voters�.
Giving baseless denial in media and terming the episode as politically motivated would not save Rijiju as the CVO�s report and voice recording clearly vindicate the charge against Rijiju and his cousin Goboi Rijiju, he said.
Supporting the demand of Tuki for an independent judicial probe, he said that the CBI comes under MHA and would fail to make an independent probe.