Patna,(BiharTimes): Union minister of state for MSME, Giriraj Singh, has conceded that he had gone to Vishun Roy College in Vaishali district, run by one of the main accused of toppers’ scam in Bihar, as he was invited to distribute certificates.

“But, did I ask Bachcha and Lalkeshwar (former chairman of Bihar School Examination Board) to do the toppers’ scam?” Giriraj was quoted in the Times of India as saying. The Union minister, who sounded a bit defensive, said chief minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejaswi Yadav should resign as the toppers’ scam took place during their regime.

However, he did not say anything about the fact that Vishun Roy College had produced toppers in the past too when the BJP was sharing power with Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) for eight years.

Some of the photos showing Giriraj with Bacha were posted on his Twitter handle and Facebook page by Tejaswi.

He and his father RJD chief Lalu Prasad questioned BJP’s silence on the issue.

Tejaswi tweeted: “Modi's fav minister with scam accused & his father. He is a business partner and family friend of main culprit Bachcha Roy."

In another tweet, he wrote, "Sharing pics of aid of toppers scam culprit & renowned central minister. Hope few media houses will not hesitate to do character assassination."

Sharing on his twitter handle a report published in a Hindi daily, Tejaswi said Bachcha admitted to the investigating officers that he had links with a Union minister and that Rai was planning to open a medical college with the help of that minister.

"The main culprit has cordial relations with a central minister who regularly joins his college functions to distribute prizes to the toppers. All malpractices of dis collage were taking place probably by encouragement of him. ModiJi's Minister wanted to open a Medical collage with culprit," Tejaswi tweeted.