Silence of PM, FM on Punia's claim on Mallya meeting is admission of guilt: Congress

The Congress on Friday questioned the "silence" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on the charge by its leader P L Punia that businessman Vijay Mallya met Jaitley in Parliament before leaving India and claimed it indicates admission of guilt.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi targeted Modi alleging that there was a change in look-out notice against Mallya by the CBI "which was inconceivable without the approval of the PM" as the agency reports to him.

The opposition charged the prime minister and the finance minister with "helping" Mallya flee the country and said, "the nation wants to know who is the chief architect, protector and benefactor in Vijay Mallya's escape?"
"Despite the revelation about a meeting between the Rs 9000 crore bank scam offender and Arun Jaitley on March 1, 2016, the prime minister and his finance minister have maintained a conspiratorial silence
"Why is the PM afraid to conduct a fair investigation in this matter?
"If the prime minister does not act, it will be proved that the 'chowkidaar' (watchman) is not just a 'Bhaagidaar' (partner) but is guilty of protecting the criminal."
The Congress also asked as to "who ordered CBI to change the lookout notice from 'to detain' to 'to inform' and why Jaitley did not inform the agencies if he had knowledge of "Mallya's escape"