Author: Press Trust of India
Publication: The Hindu
Date: March 29, 2011
URL: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article1578587.ece
Telugu Desam Party president N. Chandrababu
Naidu has demanded that the Union Government immediately reveal names of persons
and politicians, who allegedly have links with hawala dealer Hasan Ali, currently
facing a probe by the Enforcement Directorate.
Reacting to reports that Hasan Ali, who allegedly
amassed thousands of crores of illegal wealth, had links with some top politicians
of Andhra Pradesh, including a former Chief Minister, he said the Centre should
publicise the names.
There were reports in some national television
channels this morning that the ED probing Hasan Ali's case filed a report
in the Supreme Court claiming he had links with a former AP Chief Minister
and a film star-turned-politician.
Mr. Naidu pointed out that Ali had feared
a threat to his life after he revealed names of persons he had links with.
"How could a mere horse racer amass thousands
of crores of rupees? All this happened during the UPA tenure only. It needs
to be thoroughly probed," the TDP chief said.
What was preventing the Congress, which was
in power both at the Centre and in the state for the past seven years, from
taking action against Ali and revealing his illicit links, Mr. Naidu questioned.
