New Delhi, Mar 3: BJP today said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi are "morally responsible" for the Supreme Court ruling declaring the appointment of CVC P J Thomas as illegal.
"In the last 60 years, it has never happened that an appointment made by the Prime Minister himself has been declared illegal by the Supreme Court. The PM and Sonia Gandhi are morally responsible for it and they should accept this," Chairman of BJP Parliamentary Party L K Advani told reporters here.
BJP president Nitin Gadkari said the quashing of the appointment of Thomas by the Supreme Court is a "slap" on the government's face.
He said whatever wrong has been committed in the appointment of the CVC cannot be rectified now.
"Sushmaji had raised this issue before the PM but they did not listen to her. If the government would have considered it then they wouldn't have to face the quashing of the appointment," he told reporters.
Sources in the party said BJP is not likely to demand the resignation of the Prime Minister on the issue which has proved to be an embarrassment for the government.
The BJP chief also said that had the UPA government adopted an e-tendering policy, corruption would not have taken place in the 2G spectrum allocation.
Party spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the responsibility lies at the PM's door, because it was he who headed the high-powered committee that selected Thomas as CVC.
Ravi Shankar Prasad said, today is a historic day in the history of rule of law in India.
"It was a sad day when the watchdog to combat corruption was headed by a person who was himself embroiled in a corruption charge", Prasad said.
"Is there any accountability in this government or not? Supreme Court has been slamming the government in 2G controversy too, but is anybody owning it up? The responsibility lies with the Prime Minister because he was heading the high-powered committee", Prasad added.
Another BJP spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy said this is a biggest blow to the UPA, to the Congress, to the Prime Minister and to Sonia Gandhi.
