Won't file affidavit in SC on CVC issue: Swaraj

With Home Minister P Chidambaram stating that the Palmolein case against P J Thomas was discussed by the central vigilance committee selection panel, senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday said she would not file an affidavit on the issue in the Supreme Court as there was 'no dispute on facts now'.

"The home minister has now admitted that I had raised the Palmolein case in the meeting and recorded my disagreement precisely for this reason," Swaraj, the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, who was on the selection panel, said on Twitter.

Last week, Attorney General G E Vahanavati had stated in the Supreme Court that the panel for CVC, comprising the prime minister, home minister and Leader of Opposition, had not been apprised of the case against Thomas.

This has prompted Swaraj to declare that she will file an affidavit in the matter as the government was 'misleading' the apex court. Swaraj on Tuesday maintained that after the home minister's statement, there was no need to file an affidavit.

"Now there is no dispute on the facts. Therefore, there is no need for my affidavit," she said.