Rahul himself accused the PMO of political vendetta, while Mallikarjun Kharge and Ghulam Nabi Azad fought the battle for their leaders in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha respectively, questioning the government’s double standards. But while their pointed questions on the government dragging its feet on allegations of corruption against the chief ministers of Rajasthan (the Lalit Modi case), Madhya Pradesh (Vyapam) and Chhattisgarh (rice scam) were legitimate enough, they were right questions being asked at the wrong time. They came with an implicit admission of guilt, suggesting that while the BJP leaders were equally guilty of similar offences, the government had singled the Congress out for a witch-hunt. But then the NDA government had nothing to do with it, they were reminded quickly. Swamy’s private complaint was filed in 2013 when the UPA was in power and it was an order issued by the Delhi High Court, not by the Modi government. And, finally, Congress leaders were the ones who refused to appear before the trial court and had appealed to the high court. So, why blame the PMO now?