Yashwant Sinha

Labelling Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's speech here "lacklustre and without direction", the BJP said Thursday that it was a tacit admission that the UPA government had not empowered people in the last nine years.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday virtually rejected BJP leader Yashwant Sinha’s demand that he appear before the JPC on the 2G spectrum controversy, saying that all records in the case were with the panel and he had nothing to hide.

Two days after BJP leader Yashwant Sinha asked him to depose before the JPC on 2G spectrum, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said he has nothing to "hide" and that all records in the case were with the panel.

A day after BJP leader Yashwant Sinha asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to depose before the JPC on 2G spectrum, the latter said Wednesday he has nothing to “hide” and that all records in the case were with the panel.

Two days after BJP leader Yashwant Sinha asked him to depose before the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probing the allotment of 2G spectrum, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said all records in the case had already been placed before the panel.

The BJP Tuesday demanded that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram appear before a parliamentary panel probing the 2G spectrum allocations even as it accused the Congress of adopting "obstructionist methods" in its work.

A war of words Tuesday broke out between the Congress and the BJP over the functioning of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) examining the 2G spectrum issue.

The Congress Tuesday said BJP leader Yashwant Sinha should not have commented on the 2G scam as he was a member of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probing it.

The joint parliamentary committee (JPC) looking into 2G spectrum allocation was functioning in a "scandalous" manner, BJP leader Yashwant Sinha said Tuesday, a day after he wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to urge that former minister A. Raja be allowed to depose before the panel.

BJP leader Yashwant Sinha has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to ensure former telecom minister A. Raja is allowed to depose before the joint parliamentary committee examining the 2G spectrum allocation, said BJP sources Monday.