Viond Rai apologises to Sanjay Nirupam over allegation

Vinod Rai, whose CAG reports on the 2G and coal-block allocation underlay portrayals of the UPA-II government as corrupt in its last years, has apologised to former MP Sanjay Nirupam for falsely accusing him of mounting pressure to remove Manmohan Singh’s name from one of the reports.

The former CAG’s unconditional apology on Thursday, offered in a defamation case, prompted the Congress to describe Rai as a “fraud” and wonder what else he would have “lied” about in connection with the telecom and coal controversies that played a key role in discrediting the UPA-II and pitch-forking Narendra Modi to power at the Centre.