New Delhi, May 1 (PTI) Veteran BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi, who is at the centre of a controversy over the draft report on 2G scam, was today renominated as the chairman of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee, notwithstanding the raging row.
Joshi was again nominated by his party following which Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has reappointed him as chairman of PAC which is responsible for conducting the financial audit of various departments and ministries.
The term of the previous committee had ended yesterday. Joshi's reappointment will be effected from today and he will be the chairperson for one year.
The 77-year-old leader has been at the centre of major controversy after he circulated the draft report of PAC on the 2G scam.
He was attacked by the PAC members belonging to UPA who alleged that the report was prepared with "malafide intention" to defame and destabilise the Government