Pranab Mukherjee and P Chidambaram on Thursday sought to put an end to the raging controversy over the finance ministry note on the 2G spectrum scandal with the finance minister distancing himself from the statement that sought to blame the home minister.
"Apart from the factual background the paper contains, certain inference and interpretations do not reflect my views," Mukherjee told reporters in the presence of Chidambaram after a day of hectic activities in the Congress camp to douse the fire.
Why is the Congress so aggressive in its defense of P Chidambaram?
Simple, Chidambaram is the last seawall preventing the tsunami of the 2G scam from inundating the prime minister.
Let me put forward an assertion at this point: Dr Subramanian Swamy is probably Dr Manmohan Singh's best friend in politics today. This may sound weird given the persistence with which Dr Swamy has pursued the 2G case for several years. But consider this, up until a short time ago even members of the Opposition conceded in private that the poor prime minister was untainted; today Dr Swamy is the only major political figure outside the Congress who might say so.
The UPA remains in damage control mode, trying to downplay the internal crisis sparked off by the controversial note on the 2G spectrum allocation.
Meanwhile, the BJP is scenting blood.
"The covering letter says the report has been seen by Pranab Mukherjee. The note was passed on from a lower bureaucrat to the minister. If it was been seen by the minister, it implies it has been approved by him," said Sushma Swaraj.The explanation only makes it tough for the prime minister and his office from here on.
Chidambaram must be dropped to face a thorough enquiry. Agencies like CBI, JPC, PAC and Hon'be Supreme Court should work in tandem to unravel the culprits for causing the huge loss to the Exchequer. PM, Sonia and the Congress should be thrown the dustbin forthwith for harming the Nation.
It has been now well established from their own records that chidambaran was clearly involved in infamous 2g-scam. He must be dropped or thrown away soon, else this whole upa shameless and corrupt govt.has to collapse .It has to collapse on its own wrong-doings and unethical/unlawful practices..This so-called weakest and incompetent prime minister needs to resign himself,before aam admi throw him/them.
DMK should immediately withdraw support to UPA because they dumped Raja and Kanimoji and are protecting P Chindabaram and MMS. Let there be an election--But DMK is afraid that BJP and AIDMK will come to power and punish DMK and Congress people.It is a game of chess--Congress knows this-so playing mischief BJP SHOULD SEE THAT PC AND MMS APPEAR IN COURT.
So far CBI has interrogated Sri Arun Shourie, Telecom Minister under NDA and jailed Raja and Kanimozhi of DMK, yet the Finance Minister, Chidambaram, who authorized all of Rajas shenanigans will not be questioned in 2G scam as per latest submission of CBI. CBI is rightly called Congress Bachao Investigation by Sushma ji! In the cash for votes, the main beneficiary of the votes scam that is Congress led UPA members are not even being questioned while the whistle blowers are in Tihar. Further She alleged that UPA was following a “ unique coalition dharma” where when a coalition partner is guilty he is trapped while a congress leader is guilty he is saved and moves shamelessly.
Though the party refused to comment on Pranab’s letter, Congress spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi defended Chidambaram saying that BJP was trying to mislead the people by demanding his resignation. Dismissing BJP’s charge against Chidambaram as “absolute cacophony”, he contended that the Finance Ministry note on the 2G issue cannot have any effect. He said that CBI cannot probe Chidambaram just because BJP was demanding. However, he seconded Prime Minister’s assessment that the people’s perception about the Government had declined.
Meanwhile, a section of the party is not happy with the manner the Government is conducting its business and complained that the lack of communication between the party and the Government had made their job of defending the Government difficult.
A senior Congress leader, on the condition of anonymity, cited the mishandling of 2G controversy, Anna Hazare and Ramdev issues by the Government and said that most of the time the party is not taken into confidence about the Government decisions and the logic behind the same.
Political Thiefs are of two types.Direct / action oriented thieves in the field and the latent thieves who work from behind. For the latter, their share will reach them after the entire burglary is complete. I think the second category thieves have the support of the PM & Sonia, which only shows their true color.
But what is all this flurry about?
It is no longer about A Raja alone. It is not even truly about P Chidambaram. It is about rescuing Dr Manmohan Singh.
Tailpiece: Some -- judging by the famous note -- seem to believe that there would have been no 2G scam had the Union finance ministry done its duty, and the Opposition is using that to insist the then finance minister's role be investigated.
Siddhartha Shankar Mishra,
Bureau Chief, IN-DHINO
Orissa, Sambalpur
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