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All-party
meeting fails to end parliament logjam
Tuesday November 16, 2010 08:47:37 PM, IANS
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New Delhi:
An all-party meeting Tuesday failed to resolve the impasse in
parliament over the opposition's demand for a joint parliamentary
committee (JPC) probe into the 2G spectrum allocation with both
the government and the opposition sticking to their respective
positions.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said after the meeting that the
opposition leaders had conveyed their views.
"The leaders of opposition have expressed their views. They want a
JPC probe. I have expressed our difficulty and told them we shall
have to discuss among ourselves and communicate," Mukherjee said.
Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Sitaram Yechury
said the party wanted a JPC probe but it also conveyed at the
meeting that the government can suggest some other mechanism as
good as JPC.
"It (the government) kept saying that the PAC (public accounts
committee) will look into the CAG (Comptroller and Auditor
General) report (on spectrum allocation)," Yechury said.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Praful Patel said the
government conveyed that there were various ways to reach the
truth including discussion in parliament.
Referring to allegations of corruption and irregularities in the
Commonwealth Games (CWG) for which the opposition has demanded a
JPC probe, Patel said the government told the opposition members
that the V.K. Shunglu committee was already looking into it.
He said the government would again meet the opposition leaders
Thursday in a bid to resolve the impasse.
Bharatiya Janata Party spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad alleged that
former telecom minister A. Raja, who resigned Sunday, had a role
in the controversial 2G spectrum allocation and a JPC probe should
be conducted.
"We told Pranab Mukherjee that Raja is a player and we need a JPC
probe and those involved and accused should be held accountable
and tried," he said.
Both the houses of parliament have witnessed repeated adjournments
over the past week on the opposition's demand for a JPC probe into
the 2G spectrum allocation in 2008, which it claims is a Rs.1.76
trillion ($40 billion) scandal.
The two houses were again adjourned for the day Tuesday on the
issue.
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