New Delhi: Former Finance Minister of BJP Mr. Yashwant Sinha speak today about P. Chidambaram is that he should be in Tihar Jail along with A. Raja. As Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh get set to meet in New York amid a raging controversy over the Finance Ministry’s note to the Prime Minister’s Office on the 2G scam, the war of words between the Congress and the BJP has intensified. Former Finance Minister and senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha has called for Home Minister P Chidambaram to be sent to jail. He also wants the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to interrogate Mr Chidambaram.
The controversy surrounding Mr Chidambaram, stems from a note by the Finance Ministry, written in March this year, questioning his actions when the telecom scam was playing out in 2008. It suggests that Mr Chidambaram, who was then Finance Minister, should have done more to ensure that spectrum was not given at throwaway rates to companies that were being favoured by A Raja, who was then Telecom Minister and is now in jail.
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