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Don't Want Debate, We Want JPC, Says BJP

  •   Thu, Dec 23 2010 04:31:46 PM

New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday did not agree to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's offer of a special session of parliament on the 2G spectrum scam, saying it did not want a debate but a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) to probe the issue.

"We do not want a debate on the JPC but want the JPC," senior BJP leader and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj told reporters here.

The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) also raised doubts about the offer, saying it had been made in a strange manner.

The opposition has been demanding a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) to probe alleged irregularities in the allocation of 2G spectrum which caused huge losses to the national exchequer.

CPI-M leader Nilotpal Basu said the party had not taken a view on Mukherjee's offer. "It has come in strange fashion," Basu told IANS.

Communist Party of India (CPI) leader D. Raja said the JPC was a reasonable demand and it was for the government to explain why it was shying away.

Finance Minister Mukherjee Wednesday said he was ready to call a special session of parliament to debate the need for a JPC probe into the spectrum scam, adding he was "sad" he could not end the winter session logjam.

Mukherjee Thursday, however, slammed the opposition for not having let parliament function in the winter session, saying they should "apologise".
  

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  • Sathsih.S, mangalore

    Thu, Dec 23 2010

    Instead of asking jpc sushma should ask KBC in Karanataka Govt.

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  • Rani, Udupi

    Thu, Dec 23 2010

    If the Opposition don't want debate the Government should tell them to go to HELL. Government should not bend on Opposition demands. What the Opposition is upto ? Sushma should first take action against her CM Yeddy and then ask for a JPC. Is Sushma ready for it or even Jaitley ready for this ? Sushma should first answer who is she to ask for a JPC ? The Government should be firm and not go for JPC. First let them have a JPC regarding Yeddy and Reddy Bros. Congress should demand this with Sushma.

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