India Against Corruption stands vindicated on the issue of coal mines allotment scam which took place directly under the supervision of the Prime MInister.
IAC had provided ample proof on 26 May to show that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh could not escape the direct responsibility of the unprecedented loss to national exchequer.
The Prime Minister responded four days later and had stated that he would quit public life in case even an iota of truth was found in allegations leveled by us. A day later on June 1, the CBI stated it had begun a preliminary enquiry into the matter.
We had immediately made it clear that the CBI would be forced to cover-up and bury the entire scam. This had become clear there and then, with the CBI saying that its role was confined to finding out whether the private companies which were allotted mines, committed any irregularity.
Nearly three months later – everything is clear. We have all along maintained that the CBI probe was an eyewash . We have come to know the companies which were raided on Tuesday in connection with the coal mines allotment scam were tipped off in advance so that they could destroy all evidence against them.
This has been revealed to us by a whistleblower, and we have consciously decided to make it public while taking full responsibility of our statement. We are consciously not revealing the identity of the whistleblower as he would be victimised.
The government and Congress party have reacted on expected lines and raised questions about our integrity. The IAC would like to respond to their charge by stating that whatever we have put in public domain so far on the coal mines allotment scam has proved to be true.
All attempts by the government to cover-up have miserably failed and rather than attacking those exposing such scams, the UPA government should atleast learn some lessons and order an impartial probe by SIT headed by 3 retired Supreme Court judges into the entire matter and stop using intolerant language against the CAG.
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