The Congress on Thursday said the Comptroller and Auditor General of India had failed the people of the country by giving an audit report on the Rafale deal without specific numbers as it “meekly submitted to the unprecedented demand” of the government.
“What will an auditor do without numbers? The CAG should have told the government he wouldn’t submit the report without specific numbers,” party veteran P. Chidambaram said.
“Even if you stretch Article 10 (of the Inter-Governmental Agreement) to its outer limit, the confidentiality clause can cover only armament capabilities,” the former finance minister added. “Why should commercial details not be disclosed to the CAG?”
