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CVC report on arms deals did not go into Kargil purchases
New Delhi, Aug 12: Former Central Vigilance Commissioner N Vittal today suggested that a CVC report on arms deals did not go into Kargil purchases, an issue on which opposition and government are locked in an impasse in Parliament.
New Delhi, Aug 12: Former Central Vigilance Commissioner N Vittal today suggested that a CVC report on arms deals did not go into Kargil purchases, an issue on which opposition and government are locked in an impasse in Parliament.
He also supported the government's decision not to give the report to Parliament's Public Accounts Committee.
"Government is fully justified (in not making the CVC report public). Government is absolutely right and what it says is also correct", Vittal told a news agency when contacted on telephone in Chennai.
He was replying to questions on the stand off in parliament between the government and the opposition over the Defence Ministry refusing to part with the "secret" CVC report on arms deals to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). Asked whether Kargil purchases were part of the terms of reference of his inquiry, Vittal said "My terms of reference were totally different. Our report was only on the allegations made by (former MP Jayant) Malhoutra and (Real Admiral Retd Subas) Purohit about middlemen (in defence deals)".
Observing that his report was "secret", the former CVC said "it was for the government to decide (whether to make it public or not)."
The CVC had submitted its interim report on August seven 2000 and the final report on March 31, 2001.
According to the PAC report, it was the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) who had suggested that the PAC may like to refer the report of the CVC on defence deals in the context of their (PAC) decision to examine defence procurements for Operation Vijay in 1999.
Bureau Report
"Government is fully justified (in not making the CVC report public). Government is absolutely right and what it says is also correct", Vittal told a news agency when contacted on telephone in Chennai.
He was replying to questions on the stand off in parliament between the government and the opposition over the Defence Ministry refusing to part with the "secret" CVC report on arms deals to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). Asked whether Kargil purchases were part of the terms of reference of his inquiry, Vittal said "My terms of reference were totally different. Our report was only on the allegations made by (former MP Jayant) Malhoutra and (Real Admiral Retd Subas) Purohit about middlemen (in defence deals)".
Observing that his report was "secret", the former CVC said "it was for the government to decide (whether to make it public or not)."
The CVC had submitted its interim report on August seven 2000 and the final report on March 31, 2001.
According to the PAC report, it was the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) who had suggested that the PAC may like to refer the report of the CVC on defence deals in the context of their (PAC) decision to examine defence procurements for Operation Vijay in 1999.
Bureau Report