RSS ideologue S Gurumurthy,the trouble shooter on  behalf of Gadkari following allegations against him of  fraudulent fundings by his company Purti Sugar and Power, came out in his support saying he is "legally and morally" clear. "Re Gadkari. I examined legal & moral aspect. The 14 questioned cos belong Nagpur group that invested in Purti in 2004 and told IT dept," Gurumurthy, a chartered accountant, tweeted on Wednesday.

"So I am convinced that Nitin has legally nothing to do with the 14 questioned cos. Morally he is clear becos Nagpur has owned them in 2003/4," he further tweeted.

Gurumurthy said the companies, which invested in Purti Group, belong to a Nagpur Group, which have no political connections. Gurumurthy, who has been managing the crisis and meeting with senior BJP leaders on behalf of Gadkari and RSS after noted lawyer and party MP Ram Jethmalani openly attacked Gadkari and demanded his immediate resignation as President. The magnitude of the attack got increased when Jethmalani said senior leaders like Yashwant Singh , Yaswant Sinha and Shatrughan  Sinha agrees with him in this stand.

Meanwhile, the RSS clean chit seem to have no effect on Jethmalani . "It is a betrayal of the people," Jethmalani said rejecting the testimonial of innocence that Gadkari secured from the party on the basis of the findings of Mr.Gurumurthy .

AW-Jyotishman