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Bribery charge against Judev under probe: Vajpayee

NEW DELHI NOV. 16. The Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, tonight said a probe was on into the charge of acceptance of bribe against the Union Minister, Dilip Singh Judev, and asserted that he "has to go if found guilty."

Mr. Vajpayee said facts were being gathered and action would be taken if Mr. Judev, Minister of State for Environment and Forests, were found guilty. "It is election time. I do not think he should step down as soon as charges are levelled," he told reporters here on his return from a week-long tour of Russia, Tajikistan and Syria.

The Prime Minister said "the media should not pre-judge the issue" and he did not agree that the Minister should quit even before the probe was completed.

Mr. Vajpayee said, "It is a policy of my Government to carry out open probe into all charges of corruption and an inquiry is already being conducted." To a question about a CBI probe, the Prime Minister remained non-committal. Mr. Vajpayee said the BJP president, M. Venkaiah Naidu, was looking into the issue.

PTI

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