New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS): A meeting of parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) lookng into the 2G spectrum allocation scam was adjourned Monday following a division between the Congress and the opposition over the deposition of former director general (Audit) R.P. Singh.

MPs from the opposition wanted to ask R.P. Singh, who retired recently, why he differed with the Comptroller and Auditor General's (CAG) assessment of the losses in the spectrum allocation. But Congress MPs opposed the move to hear him out, sources said here.

The Bharatiya Janata Party and other opposition parties insisted that Singh be summoned to find out why he pegged the loss incurred by the government in 2G spectrum allocation at Rs.6,000 crore, almost miniscule compared to the CAG's assessment of a staggering Rs.1.76 lakh crore.

As the differences continued, PAC chief and BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi adjourned the meeting for the day. The PAC, which was originally scheduled to meet Tuesday, decided to do away with that meeting too in view of the Chhath festival, the sources said.

R.P. Singh, who had come prepared to present his views to the PAC, was never summoned to the meeting and remained waiting outside the meeting hall.

The BJP and other opposition parties insisted that he be summoned to find out why he pegged the loss incurred by the government in 2G spectrum allocation at Rs.6,000 crore, glaringly lower than the CAG's assessment.

BJP's Prakash Javadekar wanted not only R.P. Singh but others too like Communications Minister Kapil Sibal, who had said there was zero loss in 2G allocation, to be summoned before the committee.

AIADMK MP M. Thambidurai insisted that the CBI director should also be called, as the agency had arrived at a different figure.

Supported by the Biju Janata Dal and the Shiromani Akali Dal, the opposition parties referred to the letter written by Congress MP Sanjay Nirupam asking that the 2G issue be discussed, and said questions that had not been addressed be gone into.

Congress MPs argued that R.P. Singh could not be asked to present his views while the CAG and his entire team was present in the PAC meeting.

With differences widening on the issue, Joshi adjourned the meeting, noting that the legal and constitutional aspects raised by the members would be examined and the matter taken up for discussion again at another meeting.