Speaker refuses Opposition demand for Chacko’s removal as JPC chief

02 May 2013 Evaluate

Citing absence of express provisions in rules, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar rejected the Opposition demand for removal of PC Chacko as Chairman of the JPC probing the 2G scam. The Speaker also rejected the contention of some Congress members that JPC members from BJP, Yashwant Sinha and Ravi Shankar Prasad should be barred from attending the proceedings of the panel, saying they were instrumental in the decision-making process related to telecom between 1998 and 2004.

In a letter to JPC members, Meira Kumar said rules and directions are silent on the removal of the chairman of a parliamentary committee and urged the Chairman and the members of the JPC to work out an agreeable solution to end the current impasse and produce adopt and place a report before Parliament according to the rules. Countering the allegations, the JPC members belonging to the Congress have also written to the Speaker refuting the contentions made by the Opposition members.

Asking the Chairman and the members to sort out their differences, Meira Kumar reminded them that Parliament in its wisdom, has entrusted to the Chairman and the members of JPC the responsibility of examining the issues relating to allocation and pricing of telecom licenses and spectrum and to report back within a specified time-frame.

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