Missing her cue

IN Media Watch Briefs | 07/04/2011

When Kapil Sibal lost his cool on the 6^th night and asked Barkha Dutt on NDTV what she was trying to suggest, was he corrupt, had he ever been accused of corruption, etc. she missed her cue and backed off. Anna Hazare and those protesting with him were saying that none of the ministers on the Lok Pal Bill drafting panel should be there because of their association with corruption. What Dutt forgot to tell Sibal was, you are the minister who said there was no loss to the exchequer in the 2G scam. Seeing that even the CBI is now putting a huge figure to the loss.

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