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June 13, 2011

Whither PAC report?

Whither PAC report? 
scamsters win again 
THE report of the Public Accounts Committee was submitted recently by Murli Manohar Joshi to the Lok Sabha Speaker but the Parliament website has not uploaded it and its fate is unknown. Before the report’s submission, the 22 PAC members were vertically divided. The Congress planned to stall the report but Joshi pre-empted the move by placing the draft before the members. The Samajwadi Party and the BSP, arch rivals in UP, came together but they were hand-in-glove with the Congress.
Sources say those caught in the 2G scam created the division within the PAC to ensure the report never sees the light of day. Revati Raman Singh (SP), Baliram (BSP), Adsul Anandrao (Shiv Sena), Bhartruhari Mahtab (BJD), N Balganga (AIADMK) and Prasanta Chatterjee (CPI) did not disappoint anyone. There were walkouts even over the draft report. When Rs 2,00,000 crore of public money has been squandered, can’t a little more be spent on such a worthy cause (sic)?

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