Kapil Sibal On Cag

Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Wednesday accused the Centre of collusion after the Supreme Court said a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) audit of PM CARES fund is not necessary.

Union minister Arun Jaitley today rubbished Congress accusations of the Comptroller and Auditor General being "complicit in the irregularities" of the Rafale deal, saying Rajeev Mehrishi was in no way associated with the decision-making process on the fighter jets.

Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Sunday accused the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of being "complicit in the irregularities'' in the Rafale fighter jets deal and alleged "the bungling was happening at the highest level with his direct or indirect complicity and consent".

Demanding apology from former Comptroller And Auditor General or CAG Vinod Rai and the BJP, Congress MP and former telecom minister Kapil Sibal said today that his stand on loss from 2G spectrum allocation stands vindicated.

Senior BJP leader and Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman Murli Manohar Joshi has refuted allegations made by former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) official RP Singh, saying that he has the authority to call any official to get information. Mr Singh had accused the PAC Chairman of unethical behaviour by getting in touch with the CAG whi...

Former auditor RP Singh's claims that he never put the Rs 1.76 lakh crore loss figure in national auditor CAG's report on the 2G scam have finally given the government a chance to go on the offensive. After a meeting of the Congress core group today, Sonia Gandhi remarked that she thought the BJP has been "exposed".

The flop auction of second-generation or 2G airwaves has led to the government admonishing "I told you so." Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal appeared to blame both the Supreme Court -which had ordered the auction - and the government's auditor, CAG, which said that the country had lost upto Rs 1.76 lakh crore because telecom licenses and spectrum were...

The gist of the government's response to the flop auction of second-generation or 2G airwaves: "I told you so." Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal emphasised that policy must remain the prerogative of the government and that an "environment of sensationalism" is to blame for the poor response by telecoms to the auction.

The scrap over Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal's comments on the CAG report keeps getting more intense. Today he was rapped by both the Supreme Court, and by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), after which Mr Sibal clarified that he had meant no disrespect to the CAG."I never meant to disrespect any institution and I have the greatest respect for CAG...

Hitting out at Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal and others, the government auditor CAG today said that public statements on its report on 2G spectrum are "highly improper" as the matter is under consideration of a Parliamentary Committee.     "Making public comments on the matter which is being considered by a Parliamentary Committe...

Amidst controversy over its figures of revenue loss on account of allocation of 2G spectrum, government auditor CAG today said it stood by the report submitted to Parliament late last year.    "CAG stands by its report on 2G spectrum hundred per cent", the CAG spokesperson told reporters.     Telecom minister Kapi...

Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Wednesday accused the Centre of collusion after the Supreme Court said a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) audit of PM CARES fund is not necessary.

Union minister Arun Jaitley today rubbished Congress accusations of the Comptroller and Auditor General being "complicit in the irregularities" of the Rafale deal, saying Rajeev Mehrishi was in no way associated with the decision-making process on the fighter jets.

Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Sunday accused the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of being "complicit in the irregularities'' in the Rafale fighter jets deal and alleged "the bungling was happening at the highest level with his direct or indirect complicity and consent".

Demanding apology from former Comptroller And Auditor General or CAG Vinod Rai and the BJP, Congress MP and former telecom minister Kapil Sibal said today that his stand on loss from 2G spectrum allocation stands vindicated.

Senior BJP leader and Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman Murli Manohar Joshi has refuted allegations made by former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) official RP Singh, saying that he has the authority to call any official to get information. Mr Singh had accused the PAC Chairman of unethical behaviour by getting in touch with the CAG whi...

Former auditor RP Singh's claims that he never put the Rs 1.76 lakh crore loss figure in national auditor CAG's report on the 2G scam have finally given the government a chance to go on the offensive. After a meeting of the Congress core group today, Sonia Gandhi remarked that she thought the BJP has been "exposed".

The flop auction of second-generation or 2G airwaves has led to the government admonishing "I told you so." Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal appeared to blame both the Supreme Court -which had ordered the auction - and the government's auditor, CAG, which said that the country had lost upto Rs 1.76 lakh crore because telecom licenses and spectrum were...

The gist of the government's response to the flop auction of second-generation or 2G airwaves: "I told you so." Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal emphasised that policy must remain the prerogative of the government and that an "environment of sensationalism" is to blame for the poor response by telecoms to the auction.

The scrap over Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal's comments on the CAG report keeps getting more intense. Today he was rapped by both the Supreme Court, and by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), after which Mr Sibal clarified that he had meant no disrespect to the CAG."I never meant to disrespect any institution and I have the greatest respect for CAG...

Hitting out at Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal and others, the government auditor CAG today said that public statements on its report on 2G spectrum are "highly improper" as the matter is under consideration of a Parliamentary Committee.     "Making public comments on the matter which is being considered by a Parliamentary Committe...

Amidst controversy over its figures of revenue loss on account of allocation of 2G spectrum, government auditor CAG today said it stood by the report submitted to Parliament late last year.    "CAG stands by its report on 2G spectrum hundred per cent", the CAG spokesperson told reporters.     Telecom minister Kapi...