New Delhi. After the Congress apologized to former MP Sanjay Nirupam on a claim made by former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Vinod Rai regarding the 2G spectrum allocation case, the Congress said on Thursday that Rai’s apology will help All the lies that were run to defame former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the previous UPA government have been exposed. Party’s chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala tweeted, ‘The truth has been confirmed. The lies spoken to defame Dr. Manmohan Singh and the UPA government have been exposed by this affidavit. I appreciate Sanjay Nirupam for this fight.
“Shouldn’t the news channels apologise? It is worth mentioning that Vinod Rai has unconditionally apologized to Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam for mentioning the name of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the CAG report in the 2G spectrum allocation case. Rai had mentioned Nirupam’s name in his book with MPs who had reportedly pressured him not to name former prime minister Manmohan Singh in the CAG report.
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In 2014, Nirupam filed a defamation suit against Rai after the former CAG made the allegations in his book and reiterated it in interviews to the media. The Metropolitan Magistrate’s court at Patiala House, accepting Rai’s apology, recorded Nirupam’s statement and disposed of the matter. Nirupam’s lawyer RK Handu told PTI, “Vinod Rai has been acquitted in the case. Since Nirupam has accepted his apology, the matter has been settled after recording his statement.
The former CAG, in an affidavit filed in the court, said that he had inadvertently and wrongly mentioned Nirupam’s name earlier. In his affidavit, he said, “I had inadvertently and wrongly mentioned the name of Sanjay Nirupam as one of the MPs who attended the meetings of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) or on the other side of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) meetings.” Was pressurized to keep the name of then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh out of the CAG report on 2G spectrum allocation. The former CAG has also said that the statements made by him against Nirupam are factually incorrect.
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