Pranab blames PMO for leaking 2G note: sources

New Delhi: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has blamed the Prime Minister's Office for leaking the controversial 2G note, according to sources and will meet Sonia Gandhi on Monday. In his continuing damage control measures in the 2G note controversy, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will meet Sonia Gandhi on Monday after he returns from New York.

Sources have said that Pranab will brief Sonia about his meeting with the Prime Minister in New York and update about the correspondence on the 2G note.

Pranab met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New York on Sunday and sources have said that he has handed all correspondence regarding 2G to the Prime Minister.

According to sources, Pranab conveyed to Manmohan Singh that the Prime Minister's Office's role in the 2G controversy, too, could come under scrutiny and hence, the need to diffuse.

Pranab conveyed that the note was released by the Prime Minister's Office and not his office.

Meanwhile, sources say Pranab will be meeting Home Minister P Chidambaram on his arrival in India. He has spoken to Chidambaram twice already from US to calm things down. On Wednesday, the Prime Minister too, is likely to be meeting the Home Minister. The strategy is how to delink the 2G note from Chidambaram directly. The government is also figuring out whether legally the note can be admitted as evidence.

Pranab also addressed the media in New York on Sunday over the 2G note mess, rubbishing all reports of any conflict between him and Chidambaram calling the Home Minister a valuable colleague.

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