UP Minister Siddharth Nath Singh Monday sought to know why opposition leaders are "panicking" over a CBI probe into the mining scam if they have not done anything wrong.
Taking exception to statements of BSP supremo Mayawati and Samajwadi Party leaders over reports that the CBI might quiz SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav in connection with the scam, Singh said, "It looks like 'chor ki daadi mein tinka' (guilty conscience pricks the mind)."
Referring to Mayawati's phone call to Yadav after reports emerged that he might be quizzed by the CBI in connection with the mining scam, he said, "It seems their alliance principle is -- you save me and I will save you."
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