Leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj sought to downplay the differing reactions from her and from her counterpart in the Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley, and sought to blame the 140 characters limit on Twitter for the confusion.
Leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj sought to downplay the differing reactions from her and from her counterpart in the Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley, and sought to blame the 140 characters limit on Twitter for the confusion.
Both Swaraj and Jaitley had given contradictory statements to prime minister Manmohan Singh’s reaction on Friday to the Supreme Court quashing the appointment of chief vigilance commissioner (CVC) PJ Thomas.
Swaraj had tweeted along the “let bygones be bygones” line and saying that Singh owning responsibility for the appointment of Thomas as CVC was enough. Swaraj’s tweet was: “I appreciate the statement of the PM owning responsibility... I think this is enough, let matters rest at this and we move forward.”
However, Jaitley had insisted that accountability be fixed and that a mere statement would not absolve the PM and demanded another statement from the PM, who was then in Jammu.
Swaraj late said there was no need to demand for another statement from the PM since he had said he would speak on the matter in Parliament on Monday.
Speaking to the media on Saturday, she insisted that the different opinions between her and Jaitley did not in any way mean there were differences between them.
“There is a constraint on Twitter that you have to say things in 140 characters. So I did not put it [that the PM will speak on Monday] on Twitter,” she said.
“The only difference is that he demanded a statement from the PM in parliament. In fact, the PM had said that he will make a statement in parliament,” she added.
The controversy arose after the prime minister had on Friday accepted responsibility for the appointment of PJ Thomas as CVC, which was quashed by the Supreme Court on Friday. “I respect the judgment of the Supreme Court... it is necessary to ensure that such things don’t happen again.... this is not a question that relates to coalition compulsions,” he had said while on a visit to Jammu.
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