Former CAG Vinod Rai owes apology to nation: Congress

Chandigarh, October 30

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Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera today demanded that former CAG Vinod Rai must apologise to the nation, the way he unconditionally apologised to Sanjay Nirupam on Friday.

He said, “We demand that Vinod Rai must return to the government treasury all facilities given to him as a reward or remuneration, subsequent to his retirement.”

Khera said the CBI gave a clean chit to former PM Manmohan Singh on September 21, 2015, in the coal allocation case.

“The CBI’s counsel told the Supreme Court’s coal bench that there was no

dishonest intention whatsoever on part of Dr Manmohan Singh.”

“The actions of Vinod Rai throughout in retrospect were proven to be that of a conspirator and not that of a government official. His allegations against the Prime Minister’s involvement in the scam was rubbished by the court which further noted in its judgment that, ‘There is no material on record to indicate that the Prime Minister was misled or the facts were misrepresented to him’…”

He said, “In the aftermath of the judgment, then PM Dr Manmohan Singh observed that a propaganda had been unleashed against the government based on these baseless conspiracy theories by Vinod Rai.” — TNS