BJP seeks to corner Govt over 2G scam

New Delhi, Aug 1 (PTI) Seeking to corner the Indian
Government over the 2G scam, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Monday moved a notice for immediate discussion in the Rajya
Sabha (upper house of Indian parliament) contending that
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and then Finance Minister
P Chidambaram were "equal party" to the decision to allocate
spectrum.
BJP spokesman Prakash Javadekar said the party will press
for adjournment of Question Hour tomorrow as the House was
adjourned Monday following uproar.
"We wanted to press for urgent discussion on the
statement issued by the PMO Sunday on the eve of Parliament
session distancing himself (the Prime Minister) from anything
or a role in the 2G Spectrum allotment and subsequent scam.
"But evidences in documents and circumstantial evidences
and his duty as Prime Minister he and then Finance Minister P
Chidambaram are equal party to the decision," Javadekar told
reporters outside Parliament.
The BJP Rajya Sabha MP said, "Now everybody wants to
distance themselves away from this decision."
He said the party wanted a discussion and "that is why
we moved the notice for immediate discussion by cancelling the
Question Hour. But somehow, today the House is now adjourned
till tomorrow. So the matter will come up tomorrow."
The Prime Minister's Office Sunday issued a statement
rejecting suggestions that the Prime Minister had "looked the
other way" on the issue of spectrum allocation and insisted
that communication sent to the Department of Telecom in no way
related either issues relating to manner of grant of licence
or charges for spectrum up to the threshold level".