Comptroller and Auditor General, C&AG, Vinod Rai on Wednesday denied reports that there was pressure from Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee, PAC to expedite the audit work of the 2G spectrum allocation. In an official release, C&AG stated that a stern view is taken of any attempts of pressure or interference in the discharge of his Constitutional duties and functions.

The statement added that CAG had made it clear to the PAC that findings of its audit can not be shared with anyone including the PAC before being tabled in Parliament. The release comes in the wake of a fresh controversy that broke out with the surfacing of a letter which suggested that PAC Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi had last year called up a C&AG official to press for expediting auditing work in the 2G Spectrum allocation.