By IANS,
New Delhi: The Congress Wednesday dismissed the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) allegation that the government was spying on Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, and said the opposition party only wanted to divert attention from a rebellion within its ranks.
Congress spokesperson Jayanthi Natarajan told reporters at a press conference here Wednesday: “There is a total rebellion among their senior leaders, and in desperation the BJP is levelling allegation against the government.”
“I would like to repeat what the finance minister said, and dismiss these charges as being completely an attempt by the BJP to divert the attention from their own internal rebellion,” she added.
“After being defeated in general election and state elections, the BJP is trying to raise those issues which are not in nation’s interest. To divert the attention from their internal dispute, they are raising this issue in public domain,” she said in an oblique reference to the rebellion by senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde.