In letter to Speaker, DMK assails 2G report

Holding the JPC report on 2G scam as “incomplete”, DMK leader and panel member T.R. Baalu has asked Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar to return it to the Chairman and direct him to re-submit it after including former Telecom Minister A. Raja’s written statement as part of his dissent note. File photo

Alleging that the Joint Parliamentary Committee report on spectrum allocation was “more political than parliamentarian,” the DMK on Thursday urged Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar to direct JPC Chairman P.C. Chacko to resubmit it after including the former Telecom Minister, A. Raja’s statement.

The party’s T.R. Baalu, who was a member of the JPC, in his letter to Ms. Kumar accused the Chairman of playing a “partisan and political role.”

Mr. Baalu expressed shock that the final report did not include his full note of dissent, which contained Mr. Raja’s full statement as well. Also, the DMK MP said, the JPC Chairman breached his assurance to Mr. Raja that his submissions would be made part of the final report.

Published - November 21, 2013 02:35 pm IST