Leadership Dominant In NDA, Was 'Very Loose' In UPA: Vinod Rai

The former CAG said that he had taken five case studies in his book, including the 2G spectrum allocation, and they reflected "different kinds of failures". He said the facts had been gleaned from audit reports.

Asked about the responsibility of then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the 2G spectrum allocation controversy, Rai said if he had answered the letter of then communications minister A. Raja in a different way, the fate of UPA would probably have been different.

"To the extent that he was being informed of everything is very clear. Why he chose to take the decisions that he chose to take, that nobody has been able to find," he said.

Rai said the UPA government could have taken correctives when the 2G controversy broke out.

"Instead of trying to justify, they should have said let's tone up governance, take remedial steps," he maintained.

Rai said while the CAG officials were called names by two Congress MPs during the meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) which was examining the auditor's report on 2G spectrum allocation and they had no option but to listen.

"These MPs called us names, they literally called us frauds, said our reports (were) full of untruths and that we were politically motivated. We had to sit there quietly and listen. Now my question is whom do I go for a remedy?" he asked.

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