New Delhi, Apr. 1 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha on Monday lashed out at Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) chairman P.C. Chacko for not inviting former Telecom Minister A. Raja to depose before it in connection with the 2G spectrum scam, saying it's a very serious issue.
Sinha alleged that the parliamentary panel is being used to conceal truth in the 2G scam.
"It's important for A. Raja who is a crucial witness to appear and he is also offering, himself offering to appear before the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC). For some strange reason, our chairman P C Chacko is neither calling a meeting of the JPC nor is inviting Raja to appear as a witness. There is something seriously wrong," said Sinha.
"I think the JPC is being used now to conceal the truth rather than expose the truth. It's a very very serious issue. I therefore, propose to write to the Prime Minister (Manmohan Singh) as well as to the Lok Sabha speaker to put pressure on Chacko to allow Raja to appear before the JPC," he added.
Sinha, who is also a member of the JPC, along with Left members of the Committee has been backing the former Telecom Minister's plea to depose before the panel.
BJP Vice-President Balbir Punj echoing similar sentiments on the issue said that Raja should be given this opportunity to represent the case.
"Raja has every right to demand an opportunity to represent this case and to throw more light on this scam and he should be given this opportunity to represent the case," said Punj.
Raja was forced to resign from the Union Cabinet after a report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) faulted him for undervaluing spectrum to favour companies who were largely ineligible for 2G spectrum, and added that the government had probably lost Rs. 1.76 lakh crore in estimated revenue. (ANI)
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