In a Republic TV political exclusive, retired Director General of CAG turns whistleblower by revealing 11 major scams that were concealed under the Manmohan Singh-led UPA government.

RB Sinha while speaking exclusively to Republic TV claimed that over 11 cases of scams were sent to the top management of the CAG, however, he was then given the impression that it was not the right time to uncover those cases as they could have influenced the UPA’s pre-election reputation ahead of 2014 general election.

RB Sinha, the man who played a significant role in the 2010 audit of the 2G scam case, said that a decision was taken in the CAG headquarters that perhaps that wasn't the right time to come out with such reports because some of them were pointing out certain shortcomings on part of the telecommunication department.

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According to Sinha, that even when some of the 11 scam reports were tabled before the Parliament post-the UPA regime, “drastic reductions” were made to produce edited and toned down reports of the scams.

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Sinha claimed that his office did not agree to the detailed reports of the scams and toned it down by removing the names of the company and the instances of the forgery. He further said that “people were taking advantage” of former CAG Shashi Kant Sharma’s good nature, however, adding at the same time that that was not Sharma’s self induced decision. Everything happened because he faced political pressure.

RB Sinha has played a significant role in several major audit reports in the past and also was a part of the 2010 audit of the 2G scam, which was estimated to have cost the exchequer up to Rs 1.76 lakh crore. After the expiration of his tenure, Sinha was replaced by Meera Swarup.