Read: BJP's statement on behalf of Nitin Gadkari on Income Tax department's inquiry

Mumbai: With the Income Tax department scaling up its investigation into alleged malpractices by a business empire its president Nitin Gadkari helped found in 2000, the BJP today issued a statement on behalf of Mr Gadkari, slamming the Income Tax department.

Read the full statement below:

The BJP President Shri Nitin Gadkari has condemned as calculated, mischievous and politically motivated the Income-Tax department's attempts to drag his name into its surveys of various companies in Mumbai.

In a statement, Shri Gadkari described the highly questionable move by the IT department as a command performance at the behest of its political masters sitting in New Delhi who have hatched a political conspiracy to tarnish his image.

Coming as it does on the eve of his re-election as BJP President for a second term, the IT department's action smacks of the ruling UPA's nefarious designs to create confusion in the BJP ranks.

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The BJP President said he himself had volunteered an inquiry into all the allegations of wrong doing by him and his family in the related matters and has been fully cooperating with the concerned departments since he has nothing to hide and his track record in public life is unblemished.

Shri Gadkari said he has always stood for probity in public life and would never hesitate to quit his post if held guilty on any charge or charges by a court of law.

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Shri Gadkari has warned the UPA government against indulging in political vendetta against its opponents and said that such cheap gimmicks will not be able to deviate him from fulfilling his commitment to serving the nation.