Party spokesman P L Punia told reporters that the Prime Minister himself should speak out on the issue as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's dismissing Swamy's statement "mattered little" as the BJP MP has also been targeting Jaitley.
"Since the issue involved a key official, the Prime Minister should himself clarify whether the charges levelled are false... Besides, the Prime Minister should specify the action being initiated against Swamy... The Prime Minister should act against either Swamy or the CEA as per the situation," he said.
"Swamy acts like an undeclared spokesman of the Prime Minister. Whatever the Prime Minister wants to say against any official or opposition leader, he does it through Swamy," Punia claimed.
After his tirade against RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan, Swamy today opened a new front, targeting Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian and demanded his sacking.
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