2nd affidavit in Ishrat case absolutely correct: Chidambaram

February 29, 2016 20:27

Unfazed by BJP's attacks, former Home Minister P Chidambaram today stood by the second affidavit in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case, insisting it was "absolutely correct" and as the minister "I accept the responsibility".

Talking to reporters at the Congress headquarters, the former finance minister expressed disappointment over former Home Secretary G K Pillai distancing himself from the affidavit issue despite being "equally responsible". Pillai had said the decision to change the affidavit was taken at the "political level".

He also justified his remarks on the issue of hanging of Afzal Guru. "I was part of the government (at that time). How can I distance myself from the government?" Replying to a host of questions on the affidavit issue, Chidambaram said that the second affidavit in the case was filed as the first was "ambiguous".

He said that it was his "duty" to correct the affidavit which was drafted without his approval and was being misinterpreted.

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