BJP seems to have got a shot in the arm with the Finance Ministry's note to the PMO in the case becoming public.
Upping the ante against Home Minister P Chidambaram in 2-G spectrum scam, BJP today said his place was in the same cell in Tihar jail in which former Telecom Minister A Raja has been lodged and demanded a probe into the alleged role of the Prime Minister in the case.
"There is so much evidence that has come out against P Chidambaram in the 2-G spectrum case that for CBI to say in court now that he is not guilty would be laughable. Chidambaram's place is in the same cell in Tihar jail in which A Raja has been lodged," BJP leader Yashwant Sinha said.
BJP, which has gradually built up the steam against Chidambaram in the 2-G scam, seems to have got a shot in the arm with the Finance Ministry's note to the PMO in the case becoming public.
Sinha was equally scathing against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, charging that he was fully in the know of the developments in the 2-G Spectrum allocation all along.
"If today I have any admiration for A Raja it is for the fact that he kept the Prime Minister informed at every step. He wrote a letter to the Prime Minister whenever a new development took place," Sinha said.
He insisted that about 20-30 questions need to be asked from the Prime Minister on this issue.
"If after all this, the Prime Minister kept silent then it would not be considered as silence but consent. If this touches Chidambaram, the Prime Minister knows he cannot be untouched," Sinha said.
He demanded that the court should order an enquiry into Chidambaram's role as well as that of the Prime Minister.
"If the Prime Minister's role is not inquired into, then we will not be able to do justice," Sinha said.
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