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| 2G: Like Caesar's wife, |
| 2G: Like Caesar's wife, I should be above suspicion, says PM
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| INDIA
, 20-December-2010
3:57:24 AM |
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On the second day of the Congress' plenary session – a meet that has become the occasion for earnest soul-searching as well as an attempt to exorcise the demon of corruption plaguing the party -- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took the lead in his speech on Monday and said he is ready to appear before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on the 2G spectrum scam, stating emphatically that he “has nothing to hide”.
While he exhorted partymen and office-bearers on the need to show integrity and to be honest, Singh also dared the Opposition by categorically rejecting its demand for a joint parliamentary probe (JPC) in the spectrum allocation.
An unusually aggressive Singh said: “As Prime Minister of this great country for the last six-and-a-half years, I may have made mistakes but I have tried to serve my country to the best of my ability.”
“I sincerely believe that like Caesar's wife, the Prime Minister should be above suspicion and it is for this reason that I am prepared to appear before the PAC even though there is no precedent to that effect," Singh said addressing the plenary in Burari on the concluding day of the two-day conclave.
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Noting that the PAC is headed by senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi, he said it has "all the powers which can be given to a JPC and the PAC is the acknowledged watchdog of any financial impropriety or misconduct".
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