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LS witnesses high drama on AI disinvestment
A high drama on disinvestment of Air India was witnessed on Thursday in the Lok Sabha on a letter purportedly written by the cabinet secretary to the Prime Minister with government terming it as forged and announcing a CBI probe into it but Opposition demanded it be referred to the privilege committee.
A high drama on disinvestment of
Air India was witnessed on Thursday in the Lok Sabha on a letter
purportedly written by the cabinet secretary to the Prime
Minister with government terming it as forged and announcing
a CBI probe into it but Opposition demanded it be referred to
the privilege committee.
Amidst continuing interruption, disinvestment minister
Arun Shourie read out a letter by cabinet secretary that no
such note was ever sent and said he would ask CBI director
tomorrow for a full probe.
Congress member P R Dasmunsi, who had quoted from the
purported letter to emphasise that even cabinet secretary had
suggested a rethink on AI divestment, first retracted and then
said let the matter be decided by the privilege committee.
“You (Government) say that letter is forged. I say it is
correct... If I am proven wrong I will apologise or else
government should apologise,” Dasmunsi asserted.
In his reply to the six hour long debate, Shourie said,
“Unfortunately we are becoming instruments of corporate
rivalry and pointed out that Interested parties were
spreading halftruths and untruths through media, MPs and
industry associations.”
Bureau Report