Arun Shourie News
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday visited former Union Minister and senior journalist Arun Shourie at Ruby Hall Clinic in Maharashtra's Pune district and enquired about his health.
Shourie and Bhushan had met the CBI Director, submitted documents and demanded a probe into alleged corruption in the Rafale aircraft deal and offset contract.
Addressing the media, both Sinha and Shourie said the government had "spun a web of lies to protect Modi's culpability in the largest defence scam".
Both Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie have been very vocal about the Modi government's functioning.
The Opposition has been demanding a time-bound probe into the Rafale deal by national auditor CAG.
The trio, known as strong critics of the NDA government, also accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of single-handedly changing the parameters of the deal and that there was a gross violation of mandatory procedures in finalising the contract.
Arun Shourie on Sunday alleged that "falsehood" was the "hallmark" of the Narendra Modi government.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today played down former Union minister Arun Shourie's criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he does not not attach much importance to comments made out of "personal ambitions not being satisfied".
PM Narendra Modi, during 2014 Lok Sabha elections campaign, has promised that he won't tolerate corruption, unlike UPA government, at all in case he is voted to power.
Arun Shourie Friday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing him of "narcissism" and of running a one-man "Presidential government" the direction of which was "dangerous" for India.
Shourie, a minister in the Vajpayee government, who is no longer with the party, accused Shah and Jaitley of "fomenting" a coalition against Modi by forcing the other opposition parties, which commanding over 69 per cent of vote, to get into an alliance.
Backing the accusations of former union minister Arun Shourie that Prime Minister Narendra Modi deliberately remains silent on incidents like Dadri, the Congress Party on Tuesday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders are blindly following his 'directions'.
Arun Shourie says Prime Minister Narendra Modi is deliberately maintaining silence on incidents like Dadri lynching.
Congress on Tuesday latched on to Arun Shourie's stinging attack on the Narendra Modi government to target the NDA dispensation, saying it was the "most damning indictment", a charge dismissed by the ruling party.
Arun Shourie, who had launched a stinging attack on the Modi government on Monday, is no longer a member of BJP, the party said as it sought to dismiss the criticism of its one-time influential leader who was also a minister in the previous NDA government.
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