Salman Khurshid mulls legal action against Arvind Kejriwal, channel

LONDON: Union law minister Salman Khurshid has threatened to initiate legal action against Arvind Kejriwal and the news channel which alleged that an NGO headed by him siphoned off Rs 71 lakh meant for physically challenged people in Uttar Pradesh.

"I think what they've done is worse than behaving like gutter snipes. The only answer they deserve is suitable suit filed in court - and that will be done by both civil and criminal procedures," the Union law minister said while reacting to the allegation against the NGO, Zakir Husain Memorial Trust, run by his wife Louis Khurshid.

The minister told another news channel that he will take legal action against activist-turned-politician Kejriwal and the channel.

"Do you really think I am mad? That I would siphon off money? Where we've been working for 15 years...giving people tricycles, giving people different implements. This is my constituency. You don't cheat on the people of your constituency," the Union law minister said. Khurshid also attacked Kejriwal, saying he should first explain what he has been doing all his life.

"He should first explain where he gets his money from. How he lives, he should tell us how he travels. He should tell us what he's done with the funds that come," the Union law minister said, "but we will take care of Mr Kejriwal in due course, don't worry."