BJP’s Srinivas Prasad says ‘Rajiv Gandhi didn’t die due to corruption allegations’ 

Srinivasa Prasad.

A senior Bhartiya Janata Party leader from Karnataka, Srinivasa Prasad, has countered Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks that former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi died as a “Bhrastachari No. 1” (Corrupt No. 1). Srinivas also said Modi’s comment was unnecessary.

Media reported Srinivas as saying: “LTTE planned and assassinated Rajiv Gandhi. He did not die due to corruption allegations. Nobody believes that, even I don't believe it. I have lot of respect for Modi ji, but it was not necessary for him to speak against Rajiv Gandhi.”

Prasad, who served as a minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, had joined the Congress and was a state minister. He rejoined the BJP in 2017.

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