New Delhi, November 12: Law Minister M Veerappa Moily today virtually came out in defence of embattled Telecom Minister A Raja by saying the report of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on 2G spectrum allocation cannot be termed as an indictment as claimed by the opposition.
“You cannot call it an indictment. It is not a final report. Technically, no one can call it indictment,” Moily told PTI here, adding he does not remember any minister stepping down following a CAG report.
But at the same time, he hastened to add that the CAG report has “weightage” as it is a constitutional body.
The CAG report is actually a query raised by the institution on a particular ministry, the minister said.
“CAG is an important institution to safeguard the interests of the exchequer.
–Agencies