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Congress national spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi speaking to Business Standard on the issue of whether the party was contemplating suing Rai said, "The Congress stand is that the matter of legal action is upto individual MPs. If they should choose and wish to do so, it is their discretion."
Congress leader and former I & B minister Manish Tewari today tweeted hitting out against Rai, "EX CAG Shoots & Scoots If he has conviction of courage why not accept challenge to an open debate how his sensationalism damaged India Story." In another tweet he said, "EX CAG MISLEADS- No term called Presumptive Loss in the IT Act or DTC. It was put to him in JPC to point out the provision HE HAD NO ANSWER!"
Rejecting Rai's claims on Manmohan Singh's role in the 2G spectrum and coal block allocations, Singhvi has reiterated that these were allegations that had been levelled earlier and had been rejected by the law courts.
As for rai's claims that the three Congress MPs had on the sidelines of the PAC meeting attempted to pressurise him, Singh retorted, "What is telling and fatal to Mr. Rai's view is that both Sandeep Dikshit and Nirupam, I repeat both, joined the PAC much after the tabling of the primary report and apparently Ashwini Kumar the third gentleman joined even later. Now consequently there is no question of them trying on the PAC to influence something which is already over before they joined."
Congress Communication chief took to Twitter to ask, "CAG-See the 42 corruption issues in Gujarat BUT Rai doesn't mention;Arnab doesn't ask; BJP doesn't discuss; WHY???"
