I took money for the party, says Laxman

NEW DELHI, MARCH 13. The BJP president, Mr. Bangaru Laxman, today admitted having accepted money for the party from a team of website representatives who, he said, posed as ``traders and not as arms-dealers''.

``I took money for the party. Where do defence deals come? I meet various kinds of people like contractors and businessmen. I don't remember fully. They said `we have come for party fund', I remember that. I would have to check with party treasurer Ved Prakash Goyal,'' he told reporters when asked about his meeting with the website representatives.

Mr. Laxman said this was a ``political conspiracy and they want to malign the BJP, the Government and me. The credibility of the dotcom is doubtful. There is no question of resigning from the post of party president''.

He said his ``conscience was clear'' and that had these people come as arms-dealers ``I would not have met them''.

- PTI

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