Monday, April 23, 2012: Congress Rajya Sabha MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi has quit as the chairperson of Parliament Standing Committee on Law and Justice and as the Congress spokesperson following the CD controversy.After the CD allegedly featuring Singhvi surfaced, the Congress sidelined him and removed him from party’s official spokespersons roster. Singhvi was the Vice-President of Congress’s media cell.
Singhvi in a press release on Monday said that he had informed Congress President Sonia Gandhi about his decision to quit. Claiming that the CD is fabricated and morphed, Singhvi blamed his rivals and those opposing him of spreading canards and baseless allegations against him.
“I have decided to resign as Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law, Justice. Personnel and Grievances and have informed the Hon’ble Congress President accordingly. I have also decided not to brief the press,” said Singhvi.
“I have done this only to prevent even the slightest possible Parliamentary disruption regarding the purported CDs being circulated about me. Since I am a disciplined party soldier, I did not think it fit to subject the party to any inconvenience on this account. All allegations are patently baseless and false,” he said in the letter.
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