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Parliament Deadlock: Speaker calls all party meet
Monday November 29, 2010 07:16:58 PM ,
IANS
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New Delhi: Lok Sabha
Speaker Meira Kumar has called a meeting of all political parties
Tuesday in an effort to break the logjam in parliament over the
opposition's demand for a joint parliamentary committee (JPC)
probe into the 2G spectrum allocation of 2008.
"I have called a meeting tomorrow. Let me see what happens. I will
be trying and making an effort," the speaker said.
She added that she was hopeful about the meeting ending the
stalemate in parliament.
Parliament was adjourned for the 12th successive day Monday
following the opposition insisting on a JPC. The government has
contended that there was no need for JPC as the Public Accounts
Committee (PAC) was already looking at the Comptroller and Auditor
General's (CAG) report on the 2G spectrum controversy.
The government has held two rounds of talks with opposition
leaders to end the stalemate but without success.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman said
the Congress was sticking to its "no-JPC" position though all
concerned understand that the JPC has wide powers.
"The Congress is adamant. The opposition's reasons are out and
clear. We want a JPC," she said.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said there was a
possibility of the JPC working along political lines.
"They (the opposition) are just saying the same thing... I think
they are saying something and mean something else," he said.
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