New Delhi, September 22: Congress on Wednesday accused BJP of “jumping to conclusion” on the 2G issue with its demand for Home Minister P Chidambaram’s resignation.
“BJP should stop being excited about everything. BJP is jumping to conclusions. Let us wait for a while if there is any such report. I have not seen the report,” party spokesperson Renuka Chowdhary told agency.
She was asked to comment on the BJP’s charge that Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee’s letter to the Prime Minister in the 2-G spectrum case shows the “complicity” of Home Minister P Chidambaram and demanded his resignation, alleging that not only UPA allies but also the Congress were involved in it.
“Ultimately, the cat is out of the bag. It was very clear from day one that Chidambaram agreed to A Raja’s formula for 2-G spectrum allocation. If he had stuck to the Finance Ministry officials position that spectrum should not be allocated in 2008 at 2001 prices the scam would not have taken place,” BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said.
He insisted that today’s revelations- through an RTI reply- have exposed Chidambaram’s complicity in the 2-G spectrum scam as Finance Minister in UPA-I government.
Javdekar demanded that in the wake of this expose, Chidambaram should step down from his post.
—-PTI—-