Under attack from opposition on the Wikileaks cables on alleged cash for votes during the confidence vote in 2008, the government Thursday said it can neither confirm nor deny the revelations.
After an uproar in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Parliament) by opposition over the issue demanding the resignation of the government,
Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said the cables were correspondence between a sovereign
government and its mission abroad.
They enjoyed diplomatic immunity and "it is not possible for the government to either confirm it or deny it."
A united opposition Thursday demanded resignation of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in connection with allegations of bribing MPs
to win the 2008 trust vote after the Left withdrew support to the UPA-I over Indo-US nuclear deal.
Mukherjee also said the charges pertained to the 14th Lok Sabha but the government of the day was responsible to the 15th Lok Sabha.
He also asked Leader of the Opposition Arun Jaitley whether the newspaper publication can be proved in any court of law.