Govt, BJP lock horns over CAG report on CWG

New Delhi, Aug 8 (PTI) The Indian government and the BJP
on Monday locked horns over the CAG report on Commonwwealth
Games but senior ministers rejected any wrongdoing by the PMO
or Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, contending that
neither have been indicted.
Parliament was stalled by an aggressive Opposition with
BJP taking the lead in demanding Dikshit's resignation on the
ground that she and her government had been thoroughly
indicted by the CAG over several irregularities in the Games
projects.
In the midst of a stand-off, the government agreed for a
discussion on Tuesday on the statement by Sports Minister Ajay
Maken, whom the Opposition has accused of misleading
Parliament on appointment of Suresh Kalmadi as CWG Organising
Committee Chairman.
With both Houses of Parliament not transacting any
business, the battle was fought outside with the BJP targeting
the PMO, Dikshit and Maken and announcing that it would not
allow the government "even single moment of relief" till an
FIR is filed against Dikshit and made to resign.
The Congress party and the government hit back and put up
a strong defence of the PMO, Dikshit as well as Maken. The
party went a step further and attacked the CAG on "leaks and
squeaks" and questioned its jurisdiction on policy issues.
Senior Ministers Kapil Sibal, Salman Khurshid and Ambika
Soni contended that there has been no indictment of the PMO or
Dikshit in the CAG report. There are only references to them
and that does not mean indictment, they said.
Sibal virtually ruled out resignations on the basis of
CAG report references, saying such a demand would make the
government dysfunctional in Parliament.