Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) President Saifuddin Soz today said he backed the calls for a probe into the allegations that a secret unit set up by the then Army chief had paid Rs 1.19 crore to a Jammu and Kashmir minister to topple the state government in 2010.
"Those who want a probe, I am not upset with them, I am with them. There should be a probe," Soz told reporters here.
National Conference, which heads a coalition government in J-K with ally Congress, has demanded a CBI or judicial inquiry into the allegations that the Technical Services Division (TSD) had paid Rs 1.19 crore to Agriculture Minister Ghulam Hasaan Mir for toppling the Omar Abdullah government.
TSD allegedly was a secret Army intelligence unit set up during the tenure of General VK Singh as the Army Chief.
"I believe that we are a democratic country where law is supreme and law will take its own course," Soz said, adding that Mir has denied the allegations and due "importance should be given to it too".
On whether Mir should resign on moral grounds from the state Cabinet, Soz said the minister should be given a fair chance to defend himself.
