The allegations against the minister were made by television channel Aaj Tak. After it aired a sting, Mr Kejriwal demanded that Mr Khurshid must resign and his wife should be arrested. Stridently rejecting the allegations, the minister has said he will take the TV channel to court. About former activist Arvind Kejriwal, who launched his political party last week, the minister said, "I don't think that Mr. Kejriwal deserves a reply from anybody but we will take care of Kejriwal in due course of time."
But undeterred by the warning, Mr Kejriwal insists that Mr Khurshid must resign immediately. "This is a matter where there should be no inquiry, Salman Khurshid should be dismissed straight away," he said yesterday.
The sting aired by Aaj Tak on Tuesday night alleges that the Zakir Hussain Memorial Trust, headed by Mr Khurshid, siphoned money meant for physically challenged people in his home state of Uttar Pradesh. NDTV cannot independently verify the authenticity of the sting.
"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 minister told NDTV in London.
About Mr Kejriwal insisting on his removal, he said, "I don't think that Mr. Kejriwal deserves a reply from anybody but we will take care of Kejriwal in due course of time."
