BJP: JPC stand not diluted by SC order
Welcoming the Supreme Court’s directives to the CBI and ED to carry out investigations into the 2G spectrum allocation scam, the main Opposition BJP on Thursday however, reiterated its demand for a JPC probe into the scam. The party clarified that Supreme Court’s directives have not diluted its stand favouring a JPC and contended that while the CBI would only investigate the “criminal conduct,” a JPC would look into all aspects of the scam.
When asked whether the BJP has any issues with the period to be investigated by CBI as per the Supreme Court directive, party’s national spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy insisted that his party had even agreed to a probe from 1998 onwards.
The Supreme Court has directed the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate to carry out investigations into the 2G spectrum scam and widened the ambit of the probe to include telecom policies from 2001 to 2008, covering both the NDA and the UPA regimes.
“The Supreme Court directives in fact vindicates the stand taken by the entire opposition,” Mr Rajiv Pratap Rudy said.
He said his party welcomes apex court’s direction to monitor the CBI probe into 2-G spectrum scam and endorsed the instructions of the Supreme Court in the scam involving more than `1.76 lakh crore.
Asked if BJP has any issues with the period to be investigated by CBI, Mr Rudy said: “We welcome the period of investigation which CBI has to look into from 2001-08. In fact, BJP had even said we can have the investigations from 1998. Infact, my friends in the Congress will now have no alibi whatsoever to say that period has been left out.”
However, telecom minister Kapil Sibal turned down Opposition demand for a JPC probe, saying it was only aimed at delaying the investigations into 2G policy since 2001.
“Is the Opposition demanding a JPC to delay probe into 2G policy since 2001,” Mr Sibal said.
Post new comment