New Delhi:
Unfazed by the 'rejection' of the draft report on 2G scam, Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi today submitted it to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on the last day of his term as head of the Committee.
Addressing a press conference, Mr Joshi said, "I have dispatched the report to the Lok Sabha Speaker's office. The Speaker should accept the report and table it in Parliament. The government should be accountable to the people as they have a right to know where and how spent was spent. It is the job if the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) job to find out where the money went."
He also said that the fight against corruption should not be politicised.
As per rules, the committee has to adopt the report before it's sent to Parliament. But Mr Joshi's report has already been rejected by 11 of the 21 members. So he had to submit the report with a covering note complaining how he was opposed.
While Joshi claimed that he had 'adjourned' the meeting, Congress members alleged that he had walked out after which they 'elected' Rajya Sabha Saifuddin Soz to chair the meeting which 'rejected' the report.
Eleven members belonging to Congress, DMK and one each from SP and BSP 'voted' against adoption of the report.
They also said they would present to the Lok Sabha their version of the outcome of the meeting and evidence of rejection of the report.
This leaves the issue in the Speaker's court. The rules and suggestions of Constitutional experts apart, she needs to finds a way which will at least ensure peace in Parliament.
If the Speaker rejects the report, it won't go down well with the Opposition, which is threatening to walk out of Parliament panels. Accepting it will challenge the rule book. The Speaker, who is one of the guardians of the Constitution, faces a tightrope.
Addressing a press conference, Mr Joshi said, "I have dispatched the report to the Lok Sabha Speaker's office. The Speaker should accept the report and table it in Parliament. The government should be accountable to the people as they have a right to know where and how spent was spent. It is the job if the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) job to find out where the money went."
He also said that the fight against corruption should not be politicised.
As per rules, the committee has to adopt the report before it's sent to Parliament. But Mr Joshi's report has already been rejected by 11 of the 21 members. So he had to submit the report with a covering note complaining how he was opposed.
While Joshi claimed that he had 'adjourned' the meeting, Congress members alleged that he had walked out after which they 'elected' Rajya Sabha Saifuddin Soz to chair the meeting which 'rejected' the report.
Eleven members belonging to Congress, DMK and one each from SP and BSP 'voted' against adoption of the report.
They also said they would present to the Lok Sabha their version of the outcome of the meeting and evidence of rejection of the report.
This leaves the issue in the Speaker's court. The rules and suggestions of Constitutional experts apart, she needs to finds a way which will at least ensure peace in Parliament.
If the Speaker rejects the report, it won't go down well with the Opposition, which is threatening to walk out of Parliament panels. Accepting it will challenge the rule book. The Speaker, who is one of the guardians of the Constitution, faces a tightrope.
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