| Source: News Bharati |
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| The BJP accused the govt of protecting Chidambaram and instead targeting DMK ministers. |
New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday slammed the Prime Minister for defending Home Minister P Chidambaram in the 2G spectrum scam accusing the government of having double standards on their policies.
BJP spokesperson Arun Jaitley said that the Prime Minister has distanced himself from ground realities and is living in denial. "The Prime Minister says he has full confidence in Chidambaram and he will save his ministers. The Prime Minister instead of protecting tainted ministers should be seen protecting the truth," Jaitley said.
BJP leader Sushma Swaraj said that Chidambaram is equally liable in the 2G scam as former telecom minister A Raja. She accused the CBI of trying to save Chidambaram.
"The CBI has recorded the statements of Arun Shourie and Jaswant Singh, but they have a different stand on Chidambaram," Swaraj said. The CBI had on Tuesday said in the Supreme Court that there was no need to investigate Chidamabaram's role further.
Questioning the UPA's policies, Swaraj said, "This is a unique coalition policy that if a coalition partner is involved then take action, but if one of their own minister is involved then save the minister."
Targeting the Prime Minister for saying that the Opposition is trying to destabilise the government, Jaitley said that the destabilisation within the government is due to its own doings. "We don't even need to destabilise the government, it is collapsing under its own contradictions," Jaitley said.
Demanding a full enquiry into the 2G Scam, Swaraj said that according to the 2G case files, the Prime Minister had full knowledge of everything. As the war of words continues between the government and the Opposition, it remains to be seen whether or not Chidambaram will be probed by the CBI in the 2G scam as the Supreme Court continues hearing Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy's petition on Wednesday.
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