A news report on October 10, 2013 :
India ' Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari's diagnosis of the ailing Indian economy is out. He said that it's not the 'J- virus' syndrome - C.P. Joshi, Sriprakash Jaiswal, Jayanthi Natarajan and Jairam Ramesh - that has hobbled the India growth story. Tewari says the infection is entirely different: the ' R-virus,' (meaning former Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai).
Tewari said at the Education Conclave 2013,"One of the greatest damages done to this country was by the former CAG," "Rather than the J-virus, it was the R-virus that derailed the growth story." In the minister's estimate, it was the CAG's flawed conclusion that the exchequer was cheated of Rs.1.76 lakh crore by not opting for an auction in 2G spectrum allocation that hit the brakes of the Indian economy.
Though Tewari also admitted that there were other elements in the 2G scandal beyond miscalculation by the former CAG. "There was a certain aberration,and that's playing its way out in the trial courts."
Still, Tewari said that the primary issue of perception that came out of the 2G spectrum issue was the result of the CAG's decision to claim a substantial notional loss, which the media lapped up and played up happily. (Was the matter so simple and clean ? )
The same concern is what keeps the government from accelerating development in the face of environmental concerns and delays, which had prompted the original belief it was the four individuals making up the ' J-virus' who were responsible for standing in the way of investment.
Tewari said,"The problem is not with the individuals. It is with the system. The environment minister is mandated with following the Environment Protection Act. If he decides to cut corners for the interest of the nation or for growth needs, he can always in the future be pulled up by the CAG with a presumptive loss. We need to get the environment piece sorted out, where the environment is protected but doesn't act as an obstacle."
Another report on June 30, 2014 :
Rahul Gandhi in the company of Jairam Ramesh will say conclusively on this day, "it was neither the 'J- virus' nor' R-virus,' but it was "C-virus" that hit India (corruption--coalition--Congress culture) that ruined India in last five years".
Honest India agrees with the assumptions made by Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari, but why to blame others ? The six decades old history shows that, corruption is blended in Congress culture so deeply that, it becomes impossible to find and neutralise the perception doubt/blame. But the Congress live, grow and survive in that tradition, knowingly as a strategy, so why blame a duty bound officer ?