Seeking to contain the political furore over the Ram Setu issue, the Government is setting up an internal mechanism to look into the details.
NEW DELHI: Seeking to contain the political furore over the Ram Setu issue, the Government is setting up an internal mechanism to look into the details of the controversial Sethusamudram project.
"In continuation of the prompt and expeditious action already taken by the Congress and the Government in rectifying the original affidavit, an internal mechanism is also now being set up to look into several technical and other details of the Ram Setu project," Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi told on Friday.
"It is thus obvious that unlike other parties playing politics on this issue, the Congress takes solid, concrete steps in public interest while respecting personal beliefs and sentiments," he said.
Asked to elaborate on the mechanism, he said the details were being worked out.
The proposed committee could have ten members and Law Minister H R Bharadwaj is believed to be holding consultations with all concerned before the next hearing on the issue in the Supreme Court.
There have been reservations over the move by the DMK, a key ally of the Congress-led coalition at the Centre. The Dravidian party is against any re-alignment of the Sethusamudram Project.
With the BJP making the Ram Setu a major issue, there appears urgency in a section of the Government to diffuse the situation and take the wind of out of the Opposition attack.
Meanwhile, the Congress' efforts to put the erstwhile NDA government in the dock on the issue is also apparent, with a senior party leader saying documents show that the NDA had worked out an almost identical alignment of the Sethusamudram project to that proposed by the current dispensation.
"Yes, the alignment proposed by them cut through the Ram Setu. This is the utter peak of hypocrisy," he said.
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