GoM will work to give functional autonomy to CBI: Chidambaram

May 17, 2013 11:52

Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said the Group of Ministers(GoM) headed by him will work towards giving CBI "functional autonomy" but at the same time asserted that accountability is "important".

Chidambaram's comments yesterday came three days after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh approved the constitution of the high-powered Group of Ministers(GoM) to finalise a plan of action to secure the autonomy of the CBI.

"We will give CBI functional autonomy and we will assure CBI will have a large degree of functional autonomy in matter of investigation," said Chidambaram, who donned a hard hat and an orange colour construction worker suit, after he visited a construction site of the new Crossrail project in east London along with his British counterpart George Osborne.

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