New Delhi, October 03: Insisting that the controversy over the Finance Ministry note on 2G spectrum issue with inferences against P Chidambaram is not over, BJP on Monday said Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has bowed to wishes of the “head of the family” and asked him to clarify where he disagreed with it.
Joining issue with Law Minister Salman Kurshid on his comments that the March 25, 2011 note was merely an office memorandum, senior BJP leader and PAC Chairperson Murli Manohar Joshi today found several loopholes in his contention.
“Salman Kurshid has said all is well, and the note was just an office memorandum. He has also said that what A Raja was doing was as per the policy, nothing against. He maintains that the then finance minister did not do any wrong. After all, how could a finance minister alone change the policy; it is a matter to be decided by the Cabinet,” Joshi said.
The BJP leader quoted Mukherjee’s comments on the note and that he did not agree with the inferences.
“Pranab Mukherjee has said that the document is right but he does not agree with the inferences. First of all, we would like to ask what inferences does he not agree with? Where does he disagree? Which inference? Is there any inference in it?” Joshi said.
He described the Finance Ministry note as a “perfectly valid document” which had followed the rules of procedure set for preparing an office memorandum.
Asking why Mukherjee agreed to a truce if does not agree with the inferences, Joshi said the minister seems to be in agreement with the note but bowed down to “pressure of the circumstances and of the head of the family”, an apparent reference to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who had intervened to bring about a reconciliation.
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