A day after the heated debate on AgustaWestland issue, BJP leader Subramanian Swamy was targeted in the Rajya Sabha by Congress members who wanted to know how he got access to sensitive and secret files of the CBI and ED and whether he had authenticated the documents quoted by him.
Deputy leader of Congress Anand Sharma raised a point of order, saying sensitive documents of CBI and ED had been referred to when Swamy spoke in the House on Wednesday. The House “must know how an honourable member or rather less honourable member” was given access to sensitive and secret files, which he has refused to authenticate and place on the table of the House, Sharma said.
Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien said the Rule will take its own course if Swamy had not complied with his ruling that all documents he was quoting must be authenticated by him and placed on the table of the House. “It (the ruling) has to be complied with... That has to be complied with,” Kurien said.
As Congress members protested, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said Swamy had authenticated and placed on the table of the House the documents he had quoted. Swamy has taken care of the issue, Naqvi said.