Congress House Not In Order: Legal Troika Of Salman, Sibal, Singhvi Stays Mum As Sitharaman Cries Devas-Antrix Fraud

Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate is a law unto herself in the party’s media department and, not resented for her earlier television avatar as anchor but, her unlimited access to the Gandhis — both Priyanka and Rahul. When former Finance Minister P Chidambaram ticked her off for a faulty briefing on financial issues, asking her to steer clear of matters economy hereon, Shrinate flaunted her stint as “successful anchor” on ET Now (she had quit and contested as Congress candidate from UP in 2019) and, rudely asked Chidambaram not to tutor her on India’s economy. Several Congress leaders await a chance to put her down. Shrinate lost the Lok Sabha seat but, with Priyanka’s blessings, may get yet another shot to fight for the UP assembly. Meanwhile, none of the eminent Congress lawyers stood up to defend their then Manmohan Singh headed Government after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman dubbed the 2005 Antrix-Devas agreement a “fraud of the Congress, by the Congress, for the Congress”. Sitaraman’s comments came after the Supreme Court upheld the NCLT order to wind up Devas Multimedia and she said rare S-band spectrum was allocated for a “pittance” under the Antrix-Devas deal. Senior lawyers like Abhishek Singhvi, Salman Khurshid and Kapil Sibal seem all too busy to “counter” India’s FM in defence of the erstwhile PM.