Under attack for delaying action for two years on the alleged bribe offer to Army Chief Gen V K Singh, Defence Minister A K Antony today said he had ordered a CBI probe as soon as the matter came into public domain without anybody demanding it. Antony said he had not taken any action when the Army
Chief told him about the bribe offer in 2010 as he had told Gen Singh to do so but he had refused to pursue the matter then. 

"That day I did not do anything...I accept that day I did not take action. I am not denying that," he said, replying to a discussion in the Rajya Sabha on the functioning of the Defence Ministry. As Opposition members sought to corner him over his inaction leading to an uproar, Antony said the Army Chief did not want to pursue it "so I did not take action".