11 MPs demand rejection of draft PAC report

Thursday, 28 April 2011, 23:24 IST   |    17 Comments
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11 MPs demand rejection of draft PAC report
New Delhi: Eleven MPs, including one each from SP and BSP, demanded rejection of the draft PAC report on the 2G scam which has indicted of former telecom minister A Raja and made critical observations about Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and finance minister P Chidambaram. At the meeting of the 21-member committee, convened to discuss the draft report, nine members belonging to the ruling UPA -- seven Congress, two DMK -- and one each from SP and BSP opposed its adoption, Committee sources said. They said the members spoke their views and gave in writing to chairman Murli Manohar Joshi that the draft report be rejected. After three hours of deliberations, Joshi found the going tough and adjourned the proceedings till 4 pm when the issue may be put to vote.
Source: PTI