LUCKNOW, MAY 7 : The Congress demanded that the state government ordered a probe into the wealth that Akhilesh Das has amassed over the years and also conducted an inquiry into his ownership of various buildings in Lucknow. After keeping him in the party for 12 years and sending him twice to the Rajya Sabha, the party is now seeking action against him. Spokesperson of the UPCC, Swadesh Kumar Kori raised the demand on Wednesday, a day after Das had resigned from the party and the Rajya Sabha, alleging that the coterie around Rahul Gandhi was running the party.

Kori alleged that Das had left the party only to save his skin. “ His intention to join the BSP is an attempt to escape government action,” he said.

He asked the UP Government to inquire how a hotel owned by Das was running in a residential area, and how another building owned by him came up on an agricultural land without permission of the authorities. In a party meeting held in the UPCC head office today, the party’s legislative council leader Ranjeet Singh Judev asked the partymen not to give any importance to Das’ resignation.