Kuala Lampur, Aug. 2 -- Batu Caves Hindu temple chairman Tan Sri R. Nadarajah has responded to prevailing rumours and suspicions of his personal wealth, insisting these were due to jealousy against him.

Claiming there was an "inside job" to depose him, he insisted he accumulated his wealth through hard work since his younger days when he had worked as a wireman, metre cleaner and technician before graduating to becoming a contractor.

"I did so much work. Government works I did when (now Tun) Datuk S. Samy Vellu was minister. I did a lot of projects," he said during a recent interview.

"So I earned my money, and with what I gained, I bought some assets here and there.

Nadarajah still runs the contracting business with his son today and...