Swaraj not to file affidavit in SC on CVC issue

New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI) With Home Minister P Chidambaram
stating that the Palmolein case against P J Thomas was
discussed by the CVC selection panel, senior BJP 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.
Attorney General G E Vahanavati had stated in the
Supreme Court last week 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 say 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 facts. Therefore, there is
no need for my affidavit," she said.