JPC meet to finzlize 2G report postponed
New Delhi: The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) meeting which was scheduled to finalize its report on 2G spectrum scam on Thursday has been postponed. The 30-member JPC, which is divided over the content of the report, was scheduled to meet at 3 pm.
The JPC is divided over the culpability of Raja, whose note submitted to the panel states that everything he did was known to the Prime Minister. In 2011, an entire Winter Session of the Parliament was washed out as the BJP did not allow proceedings in the both Houses demanding a JPC probe in this matter.
Dismissing the reports that meeting was cancelled as Congress apprehended defeat in the panel over adoption of the report; JPC Chairman PC Chacko said that the decision was taken following the death of Lok Sabha member Ambika Banerjee. “The JPC meeting scheduled for today at 3 PM stands postponed. There is request from members from various parties that the meeting be postponed because of the demise of a sitting member (Ambika Banerjee),” Chacko said.
“I really wanted to have the meeting today (Thursday) and I was not able to proceed with that decision. Because courtesy demands and also it is a precedent,” Chacko added.
Lok Sabha was adjourned on Thursday without transacting any business as a mark of respect for Trinamool Congress member Ambika Banerjee who died in a Kolkata hospital on Thursday.
Members alleged that Chacko has failed in his duty to lead the JPC to bring out the truth. “Instead he has used the JPC to conceal and subvert the truth,” the members said. They also alleged that the report was leaked to the media before they were given copies. Expressing “no-confidence” in Chacko, these members urged Kumar to immediately replace him. The 15 members later said Kumar promised that she will look into their demand.
