2G: Is auditing the auditor a right move?

GN Bureau | November 15, 2011



If any one man has made life really difficult for the UPA II, it is comptroller and auditor general Vinod Rai. So, while the Congress leaders never miss an opportunity to take tacit potshots at him, the government as a whole is also bang on the job.

CAG Rai on Tuesday appears before the joint parliament committee (JPC) in the 2G spectrum allocation scam probe. He is expected to explain to the panel how the auditor arrived at a presumptive loss figure of Rs 1.76 lakh crore and to counter the figure floated by his former auditor RP Singh. Singh who appeared before the JPC on Monday is understood to have stuck to his stand that the presumptive loss in the spectrum allocation was only Rs 2,645 crore.

BJP and other opposition parties are not convinced with Singh’s position on the loss to the exchequer in the 2G spectrum scam.

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