BJP slams official terming 2G scam loss mathematical guess
November 15th, 2011 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) A day after a key auditor said the figure of Rs.1.76 lakh crore in 2G scam report was a mathematical guess, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday attacked the official, saying he had given a different answer earlier.
“During the earlier PAC (public accounts committee) meet, R.P. Singh had convinced the members that the loss in 2G spectrum was Rs.1.76 lakh crore. But when he went before the JPC (joint parliamentary committee), he said it was only Rs.2,600 crore,” BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said.
“How can we believe him,” he said, adding: “We will ask him when he comes to PAC.”
Reacting to a series of comments made by Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on the issue and a letter by a CAG official alleging that PAC chief Murli Manohar Joshi was in touch with CAG Vinod Rai while the report on 2G was being prepared, he said Singh’s comments will backfire.
“His (Digvijay Singh) comments will backfire on Congress,” Javadekar said.
Digvijay Singh had Tuesday alleged if the figures in the Comptroller and Auditor General’s (CAG) report on the 2G scam were inflated and asked if the CAG had an “agenda” behind the report.
In his post on microblogging site Twitter, the Congress leader also alleged links between CAG Vinod Rai and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), to which Joshi belongs.
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