New Delhi Embroiled in a CD controversy, Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi on Monday resigned as Chairman of a Parliamentary Committee and party spokesperson in a damage control exercise ahead of the resumption of the budget session from Tuesday.<
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53- year- old Singhvi, an eminent lawyer and a Rajya Sabha member, sent a letter to Congress President Sonia Gandhi informing her of his decision ten days after circulation of a CD purportedly involving him. ‘I have done this only to prevent even the slightest possible Parliamentary disruption regarding the purported CDs being circulated about me. ‘Since I am a disciplined party soldier, I did not think it fit to subject the party to any inconvenience on this account.
All allegations are patently baseless and false,’he said in a statement.
Singhvi acquired high profile after the committee headed by him came out with a report on the Lokpal last year on whose recommendation the government brought a legislation on the issue.
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