Cong attacking institutions working for people: Joshi

Unfortunately,Congress is attacking both the institutions. This is harmful for the nation,” Joshi told a news conference here.

Accusing the Congress leadership of trying to suppress investigations into the series of scams that surfaced during the UPA government,Joshi said that he was surprised at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s assertion that the CAG had never convened a press conference in the past.

“CAG has always issued press statements on its reports after placing the same in Parliament. Even a high court has said there is no wrong in CAG going to the press. But the importance of this CAG press conference was its disclosure of an estimated Rs 1.76 lakh crore scam.

“As CAG had termed it as an estimated amount,Telecom Minister,Kapil Sibal should have investigated the matter to find out the exact amount,but he claimed there had been no loss,” he said.

Disagreeing with the Prime Minister’s assertion that former Telecom Minister A Raja had “misled” him in the 2G-spectrum issue,Joshi claimed that it was his advisers who were giving him wrong information.

“I am also surprised to note the prime minister’s attack on the media saying the media has become an accuser,prosecutor and judge. If issues are right,naturally there will be a reaction,” he said.

He also asked as to how the report on the Krishna-Godavari petroleum gas project was leaked in the media before it was placed in Parliament.

“If the report is true then it is a serious issue,and if wrong than why the government has not said it,” he said referring to a media report on oil and gas exploration project on the Krishna-Gadavari basin.