Ex-Isro chief Madhavan Nair would be given a chance to defend himself: Government

NEW DELHI: Corporate affairs minister Veerappa Moily on Tuesday said that ex-ISRO chief Madhavan Nair would be given a chance to defend himself in connection with the Antrix-Devas deal issue.

According to Times Now, if the CAG report details are found to be true then Nair may even have to face a parliamentary committee.

Meanwhile, defending Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the Antrix-Devas deal issue, Moily said the former never wanted to hide anything and had acted swiftly and scrapped the pact.

"Now things are coming out. Two committees were appointed by the Prime Minister. He never wanted to hide anything", Moily said reacting to BJP questioning Singh's 'silence' on the issue in the backdrop of the blacklisting of four scientists, including former ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair.

As soon as the scam surfaced, the Prime Minister appointed two committees to look into it and annulled the deal after getting the opinion of the law minister, he said replying to questions from reporters on the sidelines of a function here.

Moily, however, admitted that "somewhere you know there was no proper handling" but asserted the Prime Minister could not be blamed for it.