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June 21, 2011 / DC.
The Union minister for human resources development, Mr Kapil Sibal, has called for a debate on the role of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India. This suggestion has come in the wake of recent findings of the CAG that have embarrassed the government considerably. The government would be making a huge mistake if, in the name of a debate on the role of the CAG, the prestige of this body were sought to be diminished merely because the auditor of the country’s public finances has done its job diligently.
Even as supporters of the ruling regime seek to deny that the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, and the home minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, (in his capacity as the finance minister) had turned a blind eye to the 2G spectrum scam by passing on the blame to disgraced former telecom minister A. Raja, the leaked draft of the CAG highlighting how the ministry of petroleum and natural gas allegedly favoured Reliance Industries Limited, among other companies, while putting together a contract to extract natural gas found in the Krishna-Godavari basin, has added to the government’s discomfiture.
On November 16 last year — ironically on the day the CAG’s report on the 2G scam was tabled in Parliament and a day before Mr Raja was arm-twisted into putting in his papers — Dr Singh delivered a speech to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the office of the CAG, in which he stated that the authority’s reports were taken “very seriously” not just by the media, but also by the public, the government and Parliament.
If we allow Mr. Sibal a free hand he would want to abolish Judiciary, Parliament and the Electorate!
He and his intolerance to the constitutional institutions are wellknown!!
Should we take him seriously, please remember he is the same gentleman who gave clean chit to A. Raja and certified that there was 'Zero' loss to the exchequer on account to 2G Spectrum Scam?
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