Fairly normal when SC supervises an investigation: Cong

With the Supreme Court telling CBI that its status report in coalgate investigations should not be shared with political executives, the Congress today said it was "fairly normal" when the apex court undertakes and supervises an investigation.
Party spokesperson Sandeep Dikshit also found nothing wrong in CBI pointing out flaws in the allocation process during UPA 1 and reminded it was actually the government that had asked the CBI to take a look into these allocations and promised that the Centre will take action as per the Supreme Court decision and the CBI findings into the matter.
The CBI and the Centre were at loggerheads on coalgate scam in the Supreme Court yesterday with the agency pointing out irregularities in the coal block allocation during UPA-I tenure and the government vehemently refuting the allegations.

To a question on whether the Supreme Court asking the CBI to insulate its findings from the government is not an indictment of the Centre, Dikshit said, "No, not at all. The same was done in the 2G process. All that the SC said that you report to us rather than reporting the government or telling the government in case what you conduct.
He said that after all the CBI was investigating the allocations process.
"Therefore the government or government officers may or may not be a party to that process. So all that the Supreme Court has said that you insulate and whatever evidence you have, you first bring it to us. I think it is a fairly normal issue when the SC undertakes and supervises an investigation, I think it is something normally we expected from them," he said.

The Congress spokesperson also reminded that it was the government of India, which has sent these allocations to CBI to take a look and see if there is any issue with regard to the allotment process. The process is on following a CAG report.

"We respect whatever the SC will say. The SC has asked the CBI to do further inquiry. Whatever the SC and the CBI decides, I think the government will take action," he said.
Dikshit also said that as far as the CAG is concerned, it has already stated that the allocation process is not something that was audited by the CAG.

"All that the CAG mentioned that the system under which the allocations were made does not seem to be very clear and very very transparent and that may be evidences arbitrary in conduct. And in fact it is based on that para of the CAG that the government has sent the allocation process to the CBI to investigate. And that process is going on," he said.