• Prof. Gourav Vallabh

1. Layers of the concerted and deep-rooted conspiracy to malign, defame and bring down the UPA-Congress Government during UPA- II are getting exposed sequentially.

2. The Affidavit dated October 28, 2021, of the then CAG, Shri Vinod Rai, tendering unconditional apology to Shri Sanjay Nirupam on lying about the pressure being put vis-a-vis the role of the former Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh in 2G spectrum case, has fully exposed the conspiracy. As per the affidavit submitted by Shri Vinod Rai.

3. Does it now not appear that the then CAG, Shri Vinod Rai, was the Agent Provocateur? To recollect, Shri Vinod Rai had authored a CAG report that threw a sensational number of presumptive loss of Rs. 1.76 Lakh Crores to the exchequer in the grant of 2G spectrum licenses.

The report was a figment of imagination and a flight of fancy. The then Director General, Audit, P&T (Post and Telecommunications) in the CAG, Shri R.P Singh, who was the principal 2G spectrum auditor, told the ‘Joint Parliamentary Committee’ (JPC) on 2G spectrum that no loss had been caused to the exchequer. When he had forwarded these findings to the CAG Headquarters (Shri Vinod Rai was then CAG), he was taken off the audit and the findings were changed. It is also a fact that Shri Vinod Rai could never substantiate the 2G spectrum report.

4. The other actors who latched on to this vicious and malicious campaign were General V.K Singh, Smt. Kiran Bedi, Baba Ramdev, Shri Anna Hazare, Shri Arvind Kejriwal and of course the BJP – RSS. The final aim appeared to be to somehow install a BJP government led by Shri Narendra Modi into power.

It is also not without coincidence that Shri Vinod Rai, the then CAG, was appointed as Chairman of the all powerful, ‘Banking Recruitment Board’ with Union Minister of State status. General V.K Singh became a BJP MP twice and has been a Union-Minister for last 7 years. Smt. Kiran Bedi became BJP’s Chief Ministerial face in Delhi and was then appointed as Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry. Baba Ramdev has flourished to become one of the biggest businessman, with turnover running into thousands of crores and has been allocated lands at concessional prices by BJP Government in various states. Shri Anna Hazare has chosen to stay completely quiet on various charges of rampant corruption against Modi Government and atrocities on various sections of society including farmers, except for a few feeble voices without any follow up action. Shri Arvind Kejriwal went on to become Chief Minister of Delhi by ousting the Congress Party. Of course, Shri Narendra Modi has been Prime Minister since then.

5. Only India lost. India lost its robust growth story, its surging economy, its inclusive growth, its independence of institution, its steadfast commitment to democracy and constitution and its unwavering faith in the independence of institutions including parliamentary accountability, independent media and a questioning judiciary holding the Government accountable.

6. And based on Shri Vinod Rai’s CAG report, CBI had filed a 2G spectrum charge sheet. When judgment in 2G spectrum was delivered on December 21, 2017; the Special Judge, Shri O.P Saini in his 1522 pages judgment concluded that – “Absolutely no hesitation in holding that the prosecution has miserably failed to prove any charge against any of the accused, made in its well choreographed charge sheet”.

7. The layers of the orchestrated criminal conspiracy to bring down Congress-UPA government are thus writ large. Interestingly, since then, neither one of the above speaks about repeated acts of corruption exposed over last seven years nor agitates about, ‘Jan Lokpal’. So much so that Shri Vinod Rai has not uttered a word either on the Rs. 13,500 crore PNB Bank Fraud or on the thousands crores lost in bank frauds and escape of Nirav Modi-Mehul Choksi-Lalit Modi-Vijay Mallya and many others, despite being chairman of the Banking Recruitment Board. Neither do the then news anchors, who have since become news channel owners, utter a word.

8. The nation must know that truth has been vindicated and the deep-rooted conspiracy to destabilize and oust Dr. Manmohan Singh government stands exposed before the people. Let Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, Shri Vinod Rai and all others tender an unconditional apology to the Nation and admit to their sinister role.  Statement Issued on November 7, 2021