Do you agree with what Beni Prasad Verma is saying?

GN Bureau | October 16, 2012



At a time when law minister Salman Khurshid is facing flak from all sides for bungling of funds in his family-controlled NGO, his cabinet colleague Beni Prasad Verma has come to his rescue, in a way Khurshid would never want. He defended Khurshid saying that Rs 71 lakh was too small an amount for a union cabinet member. "I believe Salman Khurshid could not have embezzled Rs 71 lakh," he said, adding, "It is a very small amount for a central minister. I would have taken it seriously if the amount was Rs 71 crore."

Should Verma be believed because he is a central minister himself? While Verma’s statement offers us a glimpse into the nadir that our politicians have plunged themselves into, do you think what he has said contains some amount of truth?

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