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I have done no wrong: Sinha

Facing the Opposition's demand for his resignation over his alleged links with the tainted Flex Industries, Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha on Tuesday broke his silence saying he has done no wrong and that the Bharatiya Janata Party need not be on the defensive on the issue.

BJP spokesman V K Malhotra quoted Sinha as saying at the BJP Parliamentary Party meeting that he (Sinha) had not committed any mistake and the party need not be on the defensive.

Malhotra said the finance minister would be making a statement in Parliament on Wednesday on this issue.

He said Sinha has already given all the details about his election from Hazaribagh and that after his statement in Parliament, everything would be clear.

The meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, is the last before the end of the current Budget Session of Parliament.

The Congress has demanded Sinha's resignation on the Flex Industries issue after a media report alleged that he had taken campaign material from the firm for his 1999 Lok Sabha election.

Sinha, who had returned on Sunday night from Shanghai after attending the meeting of the Asian Development Bank, had a 15-minute meeting with Home Minister L K Advani on Monday evening.

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