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Speaker
hopeful of way out, opposition parties stick to stand
Tuesday February 08, 2011 09:40:35 AM,
IANS
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New Delhi: With just
two weeks to go for the budget session, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira
Kumar Monday expressed hope that parliament would function
normally even as the opposition parties stuck to their demand for
a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the 2G spectrum
scam.
The government has convened a meeting Tuesday with all political
parties to break the logjam on the issue.
The main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said Monday there
was no change in its demand for JPC.
"We want JPC. We also want the parliament to function," BJP
spokespersons Nirmala Sitharaman said.
She said that all opposition parties were demanding JPC.
Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Sitaram Yechury
said that arrest of former communications minister A. Raja and the
findings of the Shivraj Patil committee had reinforced the demand
for JPC into the 2G spectrum controversy.
He said that the party wanted the parliament to function but the
government should not remain obdurate.
Asked if the Left parties will agree to a discussion on the need
to have a JPC, he said there wasn't any such proposal from the
government.
CPI leader D. Raja said the government should accept the demand
for JPC. He said the party will respond after learning of the
proposals made by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee at the meeting
of political parties Tuesday.
Leaders from smaller political parties who attended a meeting
called by Meira Kumar Monday, said that the government was not in
agreement with the opposition's demand for JPC.
A leader said that Mukherjee told them that the Central Bureau of
Investigation, Enforcement Directorate and Public Accounts
Committee (PAC) were already looking into the 2G spectrum issue.
The speaker, who had met leaders of BJP and Left parties in
December in an effort to break the deadlock that led to washout of
winter session of parliament, said that attitude of members was
very positive.
"I believe the House will run," she said.
Kumar said that many suggestions had been received and a
middle-path could be found so that the Parliament functions.
The budget session of Parliament is scheduled to begin Feb 21.
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