With serious allegations of corruption being leveled against BJP president Nitin Gadkari,the Centre today promised to probe his business interests and the source of funding for the firm Purti Power and Sugar Ltd-controlled by him. Speaking to reporters, Union Minister Veerappa Moily said, he has asked secretary and registrar of companies to look into it.

The announcement from the government came hours after IAC activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal challenged the Congress government to take action against Gadkari.

Kejriwal and his close aide Prashant Bhushan also alleged that both BJP and Congress are in cahoots that's why the two parties are silent on the issue.

After Kejriwal's allegations against Gadkari, senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj said, the whole party and its cadre is behind Nitin Gadkari.

Gadkari’s firm is alleged to have received huge loans by a construction firm, Ideal Road Builders (IRB) Group, which was awarded several big ticket contracts between the above-mentioned period, when Gadkari served as Maharashtra’s PWD minister.

Gadkari’s firm is alleged to have received significant investments not only from IRB but 16 other groups, spread across four cities and believed to be controlled by the BJP chief’s close aides.