New York, Sep 25: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the first time after the 2G note controversy erupted but refused to speak on the issue, saying the matter is sub judice and he would first speak to “valued colleague” P Chidambaram and other leaders.
After his nearly hour-long meeting with Singh at the New York Palace Hotel where Prime Minister is staying, Mukherjee said, “it would not be proper on my part to make any comment on that issue.”
He was asked about the controversial note, prepared by a Finance Ministry official suggesting that the 2G scam could have been averted had the Finance Ministry then headed by Chidambaram insisted on the auction route instead of 2001 price for allotment of spectrum.
The Finance Minister began his comments on the 2G note saying “I am sorry. I cannot make any comment on it.” PTI
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