Gujarat CM shoots from the hip: Manish Tewari

Chandigarh, Nov 25: Congress on Saturday, Nov 24 accused

Chief Minister

of shooting from the hip and asked him to come clean on alleged loss of revenue of Rs 1 lakh crore caused to the exchequer by "malpractices" of the state government.

"In June 2012, Congress MPs represented to the Central Vigilance Commissioner that there has been a revenue loss of Rs 1 lakh crore to the exchequer as a result of various instances of ommission, commission and malpractices of Gujarat government.

"The Chief Minister of Gujarat shoots from the hip on every issue," Information and Broadcasting Minister, Manish Tewari said, adding if Modi has the "conviction or gumption", then "let him rebutt the charges" on the revenue loss issue.

On Gujarat riots issue, he said that "in so far as the quest for justice for riot victims is concerned, that is a humanitarian issue.

That is an issue which has been pursued very proactively...who are committed to plurality of India. Asked about the black money stashed abroad, Tewari said, "I want to ask why we keep talking about such money only in foreign shores and hit it like a political football.

We should also talk about black money in our own economy so that it is made transparent."

PTI