‘Nothing substantial’ in Manmohan’s remark on CVC issue: CPI(M)

CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Sitaram Yechury. Photo: Rajeev Bhatt

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Saturday termed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s acceptance of responsibility in the appoint of P. J. Thomas as the CVC as “nothing substantial” and said it would await what he is likely to say in Parliament on the issue.

“It is nothing substantial. It is but natural that the Prime Minister as the head of a high-powered committee (which appointed Mr. Thomas) has to take responsibility,” senior party leader Sitaram Yechury told reporters in New Delhi.

He said since the Prime Minister has said he would make a statement in Parliament, “We should wait and see what the government has to say.”