New Delhi: NRI businessman Anshuman Mishra's allegations on Sunday he introduced Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi to senior executives of 2G scam accused companies when the panel was probing the 2G spectrum case, could create a storm in Parliament on Monday.
Mishra had also said that Joshi called him seeking funds for elections. Mishra further claimed to have played a role in Joshi's poll campaign in 2004 and 2009.
The BJP, meanwhile, has rubbished the allegations, calling them "baseless" and "fabricated".
BJP President Nitin Gadkari hit out at Mishra terming his allegations as nothing but an "expression of frustration" over his failure to make it to the Rajya Sabha.
"Anshuman Mishra's motivated and selective tirade against some of the top BJP leaders is nothing but an expression of frustration over his failure to make it to the Raja Sabha with the support of BJP MLAs from Jharkhand," Gadkari, who is believed to have backed Mishra's nomination which he had to withdraw following protest from certain BJP leaders, said in a statement.
Dismissing Mishra's allegations as "baseless and misleading", he also urged the party rank and file to ignore this "deliberate" attempt to create confusion by spreading "falsehood".
Mishra, who was supported by a section of the BJP as an independent nominee for Rajya Sabha from Jharkhand, had to withdraw at the last moment following a directive from the BJP central leadership to its MLAs not to vote for him.
Joshi has, however, maintained that Mishra's allegations were "fabricated" and whatever he was saying with regard to him was absolutely wrong and a "concoction".
The senior BJP leader also asserted he had "strongly opposed" giving a Rajya Sabha ticket to Mishra when his opinion was sought.
With additional information from PTI
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