JPC on 2G scam set to get fresh extension
7 May 2013 5:43 PM IST
The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on 2G scam is set to get a fresh extension with the Lok Sabha on Monday unanimously adopting a resolution to this effect. After the Rajya Sabha adopts the motion, likely to be moved on Tuesday, the term of the Joint Parliamentary Committee will be extended till the end of the Monsoon session.
This will be the fifth extension to the JPC set up in March, 2011. The term of the committee was scheduled to end on May 10.The resolution, moved by panel chief P C Chacko, was adopted unanimously. The resolution to extend the tenure of the JPC was added as a supplementary agenda after Chacko and Parliamentary affairs minister Kamal Nath consulted Lok Sabha Meira Kumar on the issue.
Chacko had recently said that if he could not convene a meeting of the JPC, he would individually consult the members to get their backing for the resolution seeking extension. The decision by Chacko to seek a fresh extension of the JPC indicates that the controversial draft report circulated last month is unlikely to be adopted soon.
This will be the fifth extension to the JPC set up in March, 2011. The term of the committee was scheduled to end on May 10.The resolution, moved by panel chief P C Chacko, was adopted unanimously. The resolution to extend the tenure of the JPC was added as a supplementary agenda after Chacko and Parliamentary affairs minister Kamal Nath consulted Lok Sabha Meira Kumar on the issue.
Chacko had recently said that if he could not convene a meeting of the JPC, he would individually consult the members to get their backing for the resolution seeking extension. The decision by Chacko to seek a fresh extension of the JPC indicates that the controversial draft report circulated last month is unlikely to be adopted soon.
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