Former CAG Vinod Rai's remarks on the role of former prime minister Manmohan Singh in 2G and coal blocks allocations are "serious" and a "correct" picture is now emerging, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said today.

"Prime Minister Manmohan Singh did not have power in his hands, this is true. Power was with 10 Janpath. And that is why the picture that has emerged today is correct.

"And it is the responsibility of the (then) Prime Minister that so many back to back corruption cases happen and you say that I don't know anything, this can't be. So it is serious," Javadekar said.

The Information and Broadcasting minister said that Vinod Rai has been a very successful Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) who brought to the fore irregularities that were going on.

He said there was corruption in CWG, while in 2G and coal scams, it was called "coalition corruption".