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Jaswant: it is for Manmohan to name the `mole'

NEW DELHI: After failing to identify the mole who allegedly leaked secrets from the office of the former Prime Minister, P.V. Narasimha Rao, the former External Affairs Minister, Jaswant Singh, on Wednesday said it was for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to come out with the name.

"I wanted to caution the Prime Minister about the similar situations that are prevailing as they did in 1995, which led to the abandonment of our nuclear test. Now it is for Manmohan Singh to come out with the name. I am sure if they [government] conduct an honest inquiry, we can get the name out," Mr. Jaswant Singh said in an interview to Aaj Tak.

The senior BJP leader said it was up to the Prime Minister to say if there was no leak in 1995 and to explain why the nuclear test was abandoned then after all the preparations were completed.

Asked why he wanted an answer from Mr. Manmohan Singh and why he was shying away from naming the spy in the PMO, Mr. Jaswant Singh said: "It is not for me to give the name, I have asked the Prime Minister to answer. Was he [Manmohan Singh, the then Finance Minister] in favour of the nuclear test in 1995? "He was the senior minister in the Cabinet, was he in favour of the test or opposed to it? And if he did not oppose the test, then what role did he play," he asked. — PTI

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