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Swaraj clarifies tweet on PM, says no differences with Jaitley

March 05, 2011 15:36 IST

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sushma Swaraj on Saturday sought to downplay the divergent views expressed by her and the party after Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh owned responsibility for the central vigilance commissioner fiasco, saying there was "no difference" of opinion and blamed limitations of words in twitter for it.

Responding to media questions, Swaraj clarified that she didn't ask for PM's statement as he had already said that he will make one.

"There is no difference within the party and between me and Arun Jaitley on the issue. The demands Jaitley made, the Prime Minister had already said that he will give a statement in Parliament. That is why I did not put it on the Twitter. There is a constraint in Twitter that you have to say things in 140 characters. So I did not put it," she said.

"Newspapers have tried to show difference between me and Jaitley. The only difference is that he demanded a statement from the PM in Parliament. In fact, the PM had said that he will make a statement in Parliament," she sought to explain.

Dr Singh had told reporters in Jammu that he accepted the responsibility concerning the CVC fiasco.

Soon after, Swaraj wrote on the Twitter, "I appreciate the statement of the prime minister owning responsibility for the appointment of CVC, which has been quashed by the Supreme Court. I think this is enough. Let matters rest at this and we move forward."