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The minister lost his cool during the press conference after arguments with correspondents of the TV news channel, and at one point, even stood up to end the interaction and asked a journalist from the channel to shut up and leave.

An agitated Khurshid will see the media group in the court. Referring to a "draft" Comptroller and Auditor General report (CAG) which pointed to irregularities in the running of the trust, Khurshid   had not been given documents but would factor them in in the future.

"Documents were given to the ministry. Why (they) did not get to CAG, don't know,". Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has demanded a probe into the allegations of forgery while Khurshid earlier told a TV channel in an interview that he would resign if allegations of his involvement in any forgery were proved to be true and leave politics.



 While Salman Khurshid was holding a press conference to answer questions on allegations against him at his residence, Arvind Kejriwal watched the entire proceedings closely on television.

After Khurshid's conference, Kejriwal took almost an hour to prepare his speech. The anti-graft activist pointed out that Khurshid was "bluffing".

The minister showed a picture dated July 17, 2010, to prove that the UP government official       J.B. Singh was present at one of the camps held by his family-run Zakir Hussain Trust. But the pictures actually put the NGO in a spot as the events the minister was referring to took place between April 2009 and March 2010. "Khurshid is deliberately misleading the nation,"

Addressing the crowd, Kejriwal said Khurshid had skirted the five questions raised by them in regard to the alleged misappropriation of funds by the NGO run by him and his wife.

The first question was about Ram Raj Singh's signature on a letter presented by the UP government which was used to get funds sanctioned for 'Khurshid is deliber ately misleading the nation' the trust in the year 2009-10. Kejriwal claimed that according to a media report, Ram Raj Singh had never signed the letter.
 
The second question was about an affidavit by UP government's ex-CDO J.B. Singh, where he is praising the NGO. Kejriwal claims J.B. Singh said he had never given such an affidavit. The third question was about fake signatures on check test reports of aides in 10 constituencies.

Kejriwal also raised questions on the trust's claims that they conducted camps in some particular areas. He mentioned about disabled persons who are registered with the trust but did not get any benefit.

"These are not our allegations. These are the allegations of Akhilesh Yadav government. The matter was probed by the state government and a report was submitted on June 12 and sent to the central government which issued a showcause notice,"

He added that the IAC will field a differently abled person against the law minister in the next election if Prime Minister Manmohan Singh feels that Khurshid need not resign.

Sunday was the third consecutive day when Kejriwal and his team protested against the alleged irregularities in the functioning of the NGO run by the Khurshids. Earlier in the day, while some activists followed his car on his way back from IGI airport, others waited for his arrival in front of his residence at 4, Kushak Road. Fourteen activists were detained while trying to gherao Khurshid. All detainees were later released.

Wearing his trademark cap of 'Main aam admi hun', Kejriwal addressed a crowd of around 500 activists at Jantar Mantar in the afternoon. During his address, he spoke about financial irregularities in the NGO. He also alleged that the UP government that had come up with a report exposing the irregularities was now colluding with Khurshid to bail him out.