New Delhi: Former Union minister Kamal Nath has caused flutter by his remarks that former prime minister Manmohan Singh may have made a ‘mistake’ in not acting on time on 2G scam even as the Congress went hammer and tongs against ex-CAG Vinod Rai for targeting Manmohan Singh.\Ruing that the former prime minister did not act despite his letter to him expressing apprehensions of something going fishy in 2G, Nath told said, “I was disappointed that the former prime minister did not act.”
To a question whether Mamohan Singh had made a mistake, Nath said, “He may have made a mistake. I would go along with you. I brought it to his notice. He did not understand the import” and he did not act.”
At the same time, he said, “In retrospect and hindsight, gravity and magnitude was not known. It was not known to me and the former prime minister. It is very unfair to say that he knew everything.”
Nath’s remarks came a day after Rai came out with a stinging criticism of the former Prime Minister saying integrity is not just financial but intellectual and professional too.
“You cannot have the nation being subjugated to the state and the state being a coalition of political parties. The belief was that good politics makes good economics too. But does good politics mean just staying in power?” Rai had said.
Slamming the former CAG over his remarks, Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi alleged political motive behind them.
