Faced with a volley of questions about Finance Ministry’s note to PMO about the role of Chidambaram in 2G spectrum scam, Congress spokesman Manish Tewari said, “All these issues are connected with the telecom policy. JPC comprising of members from all political parties was constituted to look into all such aspects. We should allow the JPC and the courts of law to reach at its logical conclusions.”
Asserting that even the Congress could raise questions about the BJP’s role, Tewari said that no value judgement should be made as it is important not to jump the gun and allow the JPC to use its wisdom and proper application of mind to decide as foundation of the policies formulated in the telecom sector after 2004 was laid during the previous NDA regime.
The ruling party also tried to turn the tables on the opposition BJP by accusing it of trying to fish in the troubled waters and seeing and then slaying phantoms where none exist. It also raised questions over the spectrum policy decisions taken during NDA regime.
However, the Congress, which is staunchly supporting Chidambaram and trying hard to deflect the reports about a rift between him and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, faced another embarrassment with its own General Secretary Digvijay Singh flaying the Home Minister for internal security situation.
Interestingly, the Congress leadership, which on previous occasions used to openly dissociate with Digvijay’s controversial statements, this time did not show any annoyance with his latest article.
Making light of Singh’s harsh criticism of the internal security situation in the country, Tewari said, “I don’t think it should be seen as an attempt to target a particular individual or to criticise a particular individual. It needs to be seen in a more holistic context that Indian democracy allows room for reasoned debate on policy issues.”
He also reiterated that there was no one-upmanship or rift within the UPA Government.
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