BJP refuses to buy 'truce' between Chidambaram and Pranab Mukherjee:

Alleging that dissensions still persisted within the UPA government, BJP today dubbed the "truce" between Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Home Minister P Chidambaram on the 2-G note controversy as a "farce".

The BJP said Chidambaram and Mukherjee wanted to show there were no differences between them "for formality sake".

"It appeared to be an uneasy truce. Never before do we remember senior ministers presenting themselves before the media and the country and making it appear like a joint communique," Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley told reporters.

He claimed that such communiques are issued when differences are to be resolved between either sovereign entities or different political groups, "where one makes a statement and the other says I accept the contents".

"The farce which was enacted demolishes the very concept and principles of collective responsibility," he said.

Maintaining that the issue was not closed yet, Jaitley said nobody had questioned the process by which the controversial Finance Ministry note was prepared but its contents which were a matter of concern.

"The contents have not been disputed by anyone," he said, adding that truth can have only one version.

"The normal version which is correct is the first version. Subsequent afterthought and explanations of the version can be anything but the real truth," Jaitley said.

He charged the prime minister with having lost his confidence, along with his authority in dealing with the situation.