New Delhi, Nov. 27: Accusing the Congress of trying to “cover up” the Adarsh housing scam, the BJP on Saturday said reports of key papers pertaining to the scandal going missing was a “deliberate” move to protect important people involved in it.
“When the former chief minister of Maharashtra, Mr Ashok Chavan, resigned over the issue, the files should have been kept carefully. This is a deliberate attempt by the Congress to cover up the issue and protect key persons involved in the Adarsh housing scam,” the BJP spokesperson, Mr Shahnawaz Hussain, said.
He said the BJP would do everything to “thwart attempts by the Congress to cover up the scam.”
“There were key notings in the Adarsh file. How can it go missing? We believe there are bigger names involved in the housing scam and apart from Mr Chavan, other wickets will fall.”
He said in wake of the report of the Adarsh file going missing, all files pertaining to CWG, 2G spectrum allocation and the housing society scams should be safely guarded by the authorities concerned.
“The Congress has been rejecting the Opposition’s demand in Parliament for a Joint Parliamentary Probe into the 2G scam and has been trying to convince us that a probe by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is enough. This is a tactic to divert attention from the real issue,” the BJP leader alleged.
The Opposition would not rest till the demand for a JPC probe was not met by the UPA government.
“Even the media and the Supreme Court have been raising objections similar to those highlighted by the BJP,” he said. Mr Hussain said the ruling party was answerable and accountable to the people.