He contests the validity of some members rejecting it The Public Accounts Committee's voluminous report on 2G spectrum allocation that has become a political hot potato landed on the desk of Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Saturday afternoon; soon after this, PAC Chairman M.M. Joshi said he expected her to table it in Parliament. “It [the report] has been received by the Speaker. I did not meet her, nor did...
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LS Speaker will decide on PAC draft report: Sibal
HRD minister Kapil Sibal has termed the draft PAC report on 2G spectrum allocation as "not a report" because it has not been adopted by the parliamentary committee, but said it is for Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar to decide on the matter. "The PAC chairman (Murli Manohar Joshi) himself said he had adjourned the meeting. So obviously for a report to be adopted, it has to be adopted either unanimously...
More »Anil Ambani, Prashant Ruia, Tatas untouched by CBI: NGO to SC
The NGO which brought the 2G spectrum case to the Supreme Court, on Thursday alleged "big fish" like Reliance Telecom Chairman Anil Ambani, Essar's CEO Prashant Ruia and Tatas' who are real beneficiaries have been left out of CBI chargesheets. The NGO, Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL), told the apex court that Shahid Usman Balwa-promoted Swan Telecom and Loop Telecom were the front companies for RCom and Essar Group respectively...
More »Majority rejects PAC draft report, Joshi walks out by Neena Vyas
Chaotic scenes; coalition MPs say the draft was “outsourced” After accusations and counter-accusations through unprecedented chaotic scenes at a meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) here on Thursday, 11 of its 21 members recorded their “vote” to “reject” the draft report on 2G scam circulated to the members by the Lok Sabha Secretariat on Wednesday. The majority that voted to reject the report said they intended to send recorded rejection...
More »PAC divided on 2G report by Neena Vyas
UPA wants JPC to do the job BJP feels it has a better chance of indicting the government Congress men realise that a JPC report will be more to their advantage After a three-hour-long discussion here on Thursday, the Public Accounts Committee remained a divided house on the question whether it should finalise its findings in a report on the 2G spectrum allocation or leave the entire issue to the Joint Parliamentary Committee...
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