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Cash-for-vote: Govt okay with CBI probe
Published on Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 01:30, Updated on Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 10:13 in Nation section
Tags: Vote Of Confidence, Trust Vote , New Delhi
NO THREAT, NO SWEAT: Pranab Mukherjee talks about MP cash sting on 'Devil's Advocate'.
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said that the Government would have no objection if the Speaker were to demand a CBI investigation into the "MP bribing" incident.
On July 22, while the debate over the crucial trust vote was on in Parliament, three BJP MPs flashed wads of currency notes, alleging the Samajwadi Party tried to bribe them into voting for the UPA Government. [Read Story]
Mukherjee was speaking exclusively with CNN-IBN on Devil’s Advocate.
Karan Thapar: Clearly, this is an incident that needs to be investigated. But should it be investigated by MPs themselves, or should it be handed over to an institution like the CBI?
Pranab Mukherjee: No, that is for Speaker to decide. Speaker has no investigating agencies and he does not investigate himself. But before that you will have to get the necessary material and after that, he will hand it over.
Karan Thapar: If the Speaker were to call on the Government for the help of the CBI, would you have any objection?
Pranab Mukherjee: Of course not, because the Speaker's directive is acceptable to us and Government alone has the investigating agencies, no other authority has it.
Catch the full interview with Pranab Mukherjee, Sunday, 2030 hrs (IST) on CNN-IBN and www.ibnlive.com
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CBI is a stooge to the ruling party and what purpose it is going to serve if it handles this
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