PM should break his silence on Naval War Room Leak case: BJP

New Delhi, Jun 25 (UNI) Blaming a ''cover-up'' for the slow progress in investigations into the sensational Naval War Room leak case, the Bharatiya Janata Party today asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to break his silence in the matter and explain its national security implications to the country.

''Why did the government allow unconscionable delay in action against the accused? Isn't this delay a part of the cover-up operation? Couldn't the delay have helped the accused to tamper with the evidence?,'' Leader of the Opposition and former party chief L K Advani said here while addressing a function to commemorate the 31st anniversary of the declaration of Emergency.

''I would like the Prime Minister to break his silence in this matter,'' he said.

While reiterating the NDA's charge that the War Room leak was linked to the Rs 18,000 crore Scorpene submarine deal, he asked the government to disclose the identity of the ''foreigners'' allegedly involved in the case.

The Prime Minister's statement was all the more necessary since the CBI's country-wide raids in connection with the case pointed at a ''larger conspiracy'' behind the whole episode, he said.

The CBI action, though belated, had vindicated the NDA's stand, he maintained.

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