10-20-2004, 02:24 PM
Vendetta Vigil
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->So, last month defence minister Pranab Mukherjee, HRD minister Arjun Singh, home minister Shivraj Patil, urban development minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and MoS for science and technology Kapil Sibalâall from the Congressâmet informally. The last named was included because of his legal background and his role as the Congress spokesperson in the run-up to the elections when he highlighted some of the scams in the NDA government. A few days later, there were reports in the press suggesting a formal group of ministers (GoM) had been set up to investigate instances of corruption in the previous government. Embarrassed lest the government looked 'vindictive', there was an official denial about the setting up of the GoM which, technically speaking, was correct. But government and Congress sources both confirmed that the ministers had met and that follow-up meetings will take place once the Opposition quietens down.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->So, last month defence minister Pranab Mukherjee, HRD minister Arjun Singh, home minister Shivraj Patil, urban development minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and MoS for science and technology Kapil Sibalâall from the Congressâmet informally. The last named was included because of his legal background and his role as the Congress spokesperson in the run-up to the elections when he highlighted some of the scams in the NDA government. A few days later, there were reports in the press suggesting a formal group of ministers (GoM) had been set up to investigate instances of corruption in the previous government. Embarrassed lest the government looked 'vindictive', there was an official denial about the setting up of the GoM which, technically speaking, was correct. But government and Congress sources both confirmed that the ministers had met and that follow-up meetings will take place once the Opposition quietens down.
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