The campaign for the resignation of beleagured BJP President Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday got fresh ammunition with senior leader Yashwant Sinha demanding that he step down immediately.

“Whether our party president is guilty or not is not the issue today. The issue is that all of us in public life should be beyond reproach,” he told PTI.

Sinha’s demand brings alive once again the campaign initiated by BJP Rajya Sabha MP Ram Jethmalani and his son Mahesh for the party chief’s resignation in the wake of reports of alleged dubious financing of Purti Sugar and Power Group.