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On a day when law caught up with two political heavyweights-Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi in the 2G Spectrum case and former Congress MP Suresh Kalmadi in the Commonwealth Games scam- the Opposition BJP wanted to know if the CBI was under political pressure in letting off Dayaluammal, the wife of DMK chief M. Karunanidhi and a majority stakeholder in Kalaignar TV which received 2G kickbacks. The Congress refuted the charge firmly.
“The CBI’s second chargesheet in the 2G case names Kanimozhi, with 20 per cent stake in the group, as a co-conspirator, but doesn’t mention Dayaluammal, who has 60 per cent stake. We wonder if there has been any political pressure due to which the CBI has hesitated to name the latter,” BJP’s national spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman asked, accusing the Government of trying to influence the investigator to ward off DMK’s threats of mass pullout from the ruling alliance were the CBI to move dangerously close to its patriarch’s family.
Party spokesperson Manish Tewari said there was no chance of the CBI deviating even an iota from facts in a case directly monitored by the Supreme Court. “The UPA has allowed law to take its course. There has been no interference. The Government has displayed sensitivity toward the issue in contrast to the BJP,” Tewari said in veiled references to BJP’s silence on Karnataka CM B.S. Yedyurappa.
Back at its Ashoka Road headquarters, the BJP was ever so forgetful about what Yedyurappa had done after all. Asked why the party wasn’t wiping its own taint, spokesperson Vijay Goel quipped: “But tell me one charge against Yedyurappa.” He was in no mood to listen.
That apart, Goel’s knowledge of CWG scam statistics was quite update as he slammed UPA’s action against Kalmadi as “too little, too late”, a charge the Left also levelled, saying the Government gave Kalmadi time to manipulate the evidence.
“Kalmadi wasn’t alone in his decisions. We want the resignation of Delhi Chief Minister and action against former Sports Minister MS Gill and Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy,” the BJP said; the CPM and CPI sought action against those named in the Shunglu report.
While the Congress did its bit by rejecting these allegations and saying the CWG accused would be brought to book, the BJP found itself red-faced last evening when its veteran V.K. Malhotra objected to Kalmadi’s removal from the IOA. Earlier, too, party spokespersons fell silent when asked why Malhotra, who was on the CWG Organising Committee, never dissented with Kalmadi. “If Sushma Swaraj could dissent in the CVC case, why could not Malhotra in the CWG case?” was the query that perished awaiting an answer.
“The CBI’s second chargesheet in the 2G case names Kanimozhi, with 20 per cent stake in the group, as a co-conspirator, but doesn’t mention Dayaluammal, who has 60 per cent stake. We wonder if there has been any political pressure due to which the CBI has hesitated to name the latter,” BJP’s national spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman asked, accusing the Government of trying to influence the investigator to ward off DMK’s threats of mass pullout from the ruling alliance were the CBI to move dangerously close to its patriarch’s family.
Party spokesperson Manish Tewari said there was no chance of the CBI deviating even an iota from facts in a case directly monitored by the Supreme Court. “The UPA has allowed law to take its course. There has been no interference. The Government has displayed sensitivity toward the issue in contrast to the BJP,” Tewari said in veiled references to BJP’s silence on Karnataka CM B.S. Yedyurappa.
Back at its Ashoka Road headquarters, the BJP was ever so forgetful about what Yedyurappa had done after all. Asked why the party wasn’t wiping its own taint, spokesperson Vijay Goel quipped: “But tell me one charge against Yedyurappa.” He was in no mood to listen.
That apart, Goel’s knowledge of CWG scam statistics was quite update as he slammed UPA’s action against Kalmadi as “too little, too late”, a charge the Left also levelled, saying the Government gave Kalmadi time to manipulate the evidence.
“Kalmadi wasn’t alone in his decisions. We want the resignation of Delhi Chief Minister and action against former Sports Minister MS Gill and Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy,” the BJP said; the CPM and CPI sought action against those named in the Shunglu report.
While the Congress did its bit by rejecting these allegations and saying the CWG accused would be brought to book, the BJP found itself red-faced last evening when its veteran V.K. Malhotra objected to Kalmadi’s removal from the IOA. Earlier, too, party spokespersons fell silent when asked why Malhotra, who was on the CWG Organising Committee, never dissented with Kalmadi. “If Sushma Swaraj could dissent in the CVC case, why could not Malhotra in the CWG case?” was the query that perished awaiting an answer.
