PM wishes Virbhadra Singh on birthday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today wished Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Virbhadra Singh on his 81st birthday.
"Himachal Pradesh ke Mukhyamantri Virbhadra Singh ko janamdin ki deron subhkamnayen (Lots of wishes to Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister on his birthday)," Modi tweeted.
Significantly, BJP and Congress were engaged in a war of words only last week after CBI initiated an inquiry against Singh in an alleged case of disproportionate assets worth Rs 6.1 crore related to his tenure as Union Minister for Steel.
The agency claims that the present probe is an offshoot of its ongoing inquiry into alleged bribe paymment made to Singh by a steel firm.

CBI sources said the new preliminary enquiry (PE) is against Singh, his wife Pratibha Singh, son Vikramaditya Singh, daughter Aparajita Singh and an LIC agent Anand Chauhan.
Noted lawyer Prashant Bhushan had filed a PIL against Singh in which he had alleged that the Congress leader had filed revised IT returns showing income with an increment which was 20 to 30 times higher than the income mentioned earlier for the three years.

After CBI's action, BJP had demanded Singh's immediate resignation to allow the probe to take place independently and demanded a public apology from Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi for allowing "scams".

Senior ministers of Himachal Pradesh, on the other hand, had come out with a joint statement slamming the Centre and backing Singh.
Linking the CBI action against Singh with "Lalitgate", they said it was done because BJP was "desperately trying to divert the attention" of the media and people from the questionable conduct of their leaders.