New Delhi: Former Home Secretary RK Singh today came under Congress fire over his allegations that Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde interfered with IPL betting probe, with party leaders questioning the "opportunistic" and "low" behaviour of the officer.
Party general secretary Digvijaya Singh claimed Singh, now a BJP member, had tried to get a post-retirement position from UPA.
"Is it not a fact that he tried to get a post-retirement position from UPA ? Is it not a fact that he had approached Nitish (Kumar) for a position?," Singh said on Twitter.
Tweeting that the charges levelled by the former Home Secretary are "extremely serious" and "shocking", Singh said, "if he kept quiet, then he is guilty also of not fulfilling his assigned responsibility."
Noting that Shinde is a seasoned politician and has held responsible positions in the state and at the Centre, the Congress leader said such "false charges" by an ex Home Secretary are condemnable.
Attacking Singh over the allegations, Union Minister Manish Tewari also questioned why the bureaucrat had not spoken up earlier.
Tewari criticised what he said was a tendency after retirement among bureaucrats to speak out against their former bosses.
"I think it is extremely unfortunate. You have this very pernicious tendency of bureaucrats after retirement trying to make allegations in order to occupy media space," Tewari told reporters on the sidelines of an event here.
If Singh, or anybody else, was really so concerned, then why was not the matter put on record while they were in service, Tewari asked.
Singh could have articulated his concerns to the Cabinet Secretary or to the Prime Minister, he added.
"Therefore, after retirement and that too after joining a political party, to try and shoot from the hips... I think, for the lack of a better word, is really low," Tewari said.
Singh has alleged Shinde had interfered with the probe into the betting scam and prevented Delhi Police from questioning a businessman of "shady" reputation.
PTI
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