2G loss: I wasn't put up by Congress says R P Singh

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Agencies: New Delhi, Nov 25 2012, 12:07 IST

Former CAG official R P Singh, who has stirred a controversy, has rejected the allegations that the Congress has put him up to defend the government on the audit report on 2G spectrum allocation which had estimated the presumptive loss of Rs 1.76 lakh crore.

"I don't think it has any substance," he said when asked about the charge that he has been put up by the Congress.

Singh said he has no connection with the UPA government nor he was having any interaction with it.

"Whatever I have said is not politically motivated and (my conscience) is very clear on that account," he added.

Singh said he would have earned the "wrath" of his then boss Vinod Rai if he had not signed the final audit report on 2G spectrum which pegged presumptive loss of the airwaves auction at Rs 1.76 lakh crore.

"I knew the content of the report... There was a written order. I had to comply. There is no scope for refusing. You would earn wrath," he said.

Singh said there "is no tradition of disagreeing or opposing orders of CAG in my department".

He said that he had deleted certain figures on presumptive loss from the draft report but they were later incorporated in the final report and he knew about it.

Singh also said that he was misquoted by a newspaper that PAC Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi sought to influence the CAG report on 2G whilst the report was being prepared.

"This claim has been made in newspaper report. I do remember

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R.P.Swamy | 03-Dec-2012Reply | Forward

What Mr. R.P. Singh has revealed is true in almost every government organisation where the subordinates have no say in dissenting with the view of his superior. Even if the subordinate has put up a factual note, the draft is corrected by the boss, and the former has to sign it, as though it was his opinion, and if anything goes wrong, gets the blame for it. Any employee in a government / government undertaking will vouch for this sorry state of affairs in our administrative system. About this CAG position, if the present going ons are observed, it has become a monstrous authority unto itself, who can say anything and get away with it, causing embarrassment to the whole nation with his reports which may not have any substance. Even in our Supreme Court no single Judge can be the sole ultimate authority to decide on any issue; there is a provision for appeal to a bench of Judges; there is a Constitutional Bench and the beauty is that any the Judges can have a dissenting view and the majority opinion is the ultimate that prevails. In the present context, there is a urgent and definitely need to restructure the CAG institution, on the lines of our Hon'ble Supreme Court (which is the pride of our nation, among the various pillars of our democracy). The Govt. of India need not shy away from such an idea, because some people are going to make a hue and cry about it, who themselves may have to face the same awkward situation, because they may also become the ruling party, because, ultimately the majority of the people of this nation prevails, and no individual should have any unbridled power which is nothing short of autocracy.

selfish officer

guruvu | 26-Nov-2012Reply | Forward

As we seen the devils interview mr.singh cearly in fumble he was brought by the idiot party to malign the bjp for political mileage how can a idiot to quote 1.2 lakh crores pressumptive loss to 2652 crores as we are not having any flowers in our ears,this fellow sold out to congress party& made allegations on the influence,how this idiot has signed with out study of report in the capacity of DG of audit whether he knows the business rules&the procedure of auditing,never other wise how this fellow after retirement that too after 16 months made relevations,this is a case of non integrity,not knowing of office procedure.If any objections in the report to the knowledge of the officer then &there only to discuss and rectify if not there to write his comments on report but this mathar chod officer is totally a tyranny anti national,self sold bugger if situation warrants he may sold the nation,so he may be treated as anti national what ever the punishment deemed to given under court of law.

too obvious how system works......

SUNIL MATHEW | 26-Nov-2012Reply | Forward

. People blame everything is't that obvious ; . No one is better neither congress nor BJP ,but there are good people in both parties is't that obvious . one party want to embarrass other party is that too obvious . Any one can manipulate a report without any error margin , ask a CA how he does it , is't that obvious ;shh... just don't count the last transaction just put your own figure BASED ON INFLATION , Untill now !!!!! . Joshi loves BJP . Joshi turned blind eye to figures given by singh figures , . Singh's objection was silenced on media frenzy on blaming government , there are 3 documents at the least showing his resistance during publishing figures . Now media want's attention so they hail singh ; . Some people don't like it because the are Pro BJP ; . Some people like it because they are Pro congress ;