Tuesday, November 8 2005 17:16 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Patna: Maintaining that there was no evidence to support the 'unsubstantiated references' in the Volcker Committee findings, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today (Nov 08, 2005) made it clear that setting up of the judicial inquiry and the fact finding mission is a 'search' for truth.

"Some unsubstantiated references have been made. There is no evidence. Anybody can write names," he told a press conference here in an apparent reference to the naming of former External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh and Congress Party as beneficiaries in the report.

He said the controversy has not hurt the image of the party and the government.

"The attempt will be how to get to the truth of the matter. In the search for this, a judicial Commission has been set up and a plenipotentiary has been appointed", he told a press conference here in reply to questions.

Prefacing his statement saying he did not want to make any comments on the issue, Singh said, "what the truth is will come out".