TIL Desk/National/Mumbai/ Former Union ministers Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie and disgruntled BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha has hit out at the Narendra Modi government over issues ranging from the Rafale fighter jet deal to “concentration of power in the Prime Minister’s Office”.
During a discussion on `Save Democracy- Save Constitution’ here, Yashwant Sinha claimed that ministerial decisions were being taken “single-handedly” in the NDA government. Without naming Rajnath Singh, he claimed the home minister was not even aware of the BJP’s decision to pull out of the alliance with the PDP in Jammu and Kashmir.
Similarly, the finance minister was not aware that demonetisation was going to be announced, he said. He dubbed the Rafale fighter jet deal as “scam of Rs 35,000 crore, much bigger than the Rs 64-crore Bofors scam”. The Prime Minister’s Office is controlling all ministerial decisions while ministers are sitting “idle”, he alleged.
Shourie alleged, “Undoubtedly, the Constitution and democracy are in danger. 72 lynchings have happened so far, 54 witnesses have turned hostile in Soharabuddin (fake encounter) case… CBI is being misused…(these) are live examples of the new normal and there seems no hope that the things will change.”
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