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This is an archive article published on March 5, 2011

Thomess: PM owns up,Sushma gracefully tweets a BJP storm

Sushma Swaraj said the matter should rest now while her party said PM should respond in Parliament.

A day after the Supreme Court quashed the appointment of P J Thomas as Central Vigilance Commissioner,Prime Minister Manmohan Singh accepted responsibility for the appointment and said it is necessary to ensure that such things do not happen again.

But this had the BJP speaking in different voices. Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj said the matter should rest now while her party said Singh should respond in Parliament.

I appreciate the statement of the Prime Minister owning responsibility for the appointment of CVC which has been quashed by Supreme Court. I think this is enough. Let matters rest at this and we move forward, Swaraj said on Twitter.

But her partys chief spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said this was not enough: We will wait for the Prime Ministers structured response in Parliament on the issue. Just a casual comment on owning responsibility is not enough.

At a press conference in Jammu today,the Prime Minister said: I think this is not a question which relates to compulsions of coalition politics. The Supreme Court,the highest court,has given its judgment and I,as a loyal citizen of the country,respect the judgment. I accept my responsibility.

 

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