New Delhi: Amid demands by opposition members for the outright rejection of the draft report on 2G, JPC Chairman PC Chacko on Monday said he was ready to take their amendments in the form of dissent notes but would not change the text of the documents.
"I am willing for a detailed discussion on each of the (10) chapters. The text cannot be changed. The opposition's amendments can be in the form of dissent notes...let the two (draft and the dissent notes) be presented so that Parliament is aware of the two views," he told reporters outside Parliament House.
He said following the demand by 15 members of the JPC for his removal, he had met Speaker Meira Kumar to get clarity on whether he can convene the meeting. "I had met the Speaker. Today itself I will announce the next date of the meeting," he said. On Friday, he had said that the next meeting could take place on May 2 or 3.
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04:40 PM, Apr 29, 2013
In wake of former CAG official RP Singh claiming his comments on PAC chairman Murli Manohar Joshi on the 2G issue were misquoted, BJP on Monday asked Congress president Sonia Gandhi to retract her statement in which she had attacked the main Opposition party. ...
01:40 PM, Nov 26, 2012
Congress ally DMK has given a notice for a discussion under rule 193 on the CAG report on 2G Scam in the Lok Sabha. The notice comes after ex-CAG audit officer RP Singh claimed the report was influenced by BJP leader and Public Accounts Committee Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi. ...
10:23 AM, Nov 26, 2012
RP Singh has again shifted his stance on the 2G report suggesting it was PAC Chairman Manohar manohar Joshi who had interfered in the preparation of the report. ...
04:09 PM, Nov 25, 2012
Former Director General of Audit, Post and Telecommunications, CAG, RP Singh on Saturday made a U-turn on his earlier claim that Public Accounts Committee Chairman and BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi had influenced the 2G report that indicted the government. ...
07:18 AM, Nov 25, 2012
The UPA has launched a counter-attack on the CAG after one of its former officers claimed that the 2G loss figure was manipulated under the influence of PAC Chief and BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi. ...
03:46 PM, Nov 24, 2012
The UPA has launched a counter-attack on the CAG after a former auditor claimed the 2G loss figures were manipulated under guidance from PAC chief and BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi. ...
02:50 PM, Nov 24, 2012
New Delhi: The ruling-coalition UPA's key constituent, the DMK will move a motion in Parliament for a discussion on the charges levelled by ex-CAG audit officer RP Singh against BJP leader and Public Accounts Committee Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi, government sources say. The government is understood to be in favour of a discussion over the charge by the former Director General, Post and Telecommunications, CAG, that Joshi had called audit...
09:13 AM, Nov 24, 2012
New Delhi: A seemingly calm and composed Murli Manohar Joshi, senior BJP leader and PAC Chairman, on Friday demanded that UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi apologise for her remark against his party over the latest row over the CAG's 2G report. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Joshi said that he would quit PAC if ex-CAG principal audit officer's charges against him, that he had influenced the 2G report, were proved. "I never influenced...
03:37 PM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi wasted no time in attacking the BJP after a CAG officer levelled charges against one of its prominent members saying that he influenced the agency's 2G report. Principal auditor RP Singh had alleged that BJP leader and Chairman of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) MM Joshi had influenced the 2G report. Speaking to reporters, Sonia said, "The BJP is exposed." When asked whether the row...
01:09 PM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: BJP leader and PAC Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi has hit back at the Congress after the latter said a probe must be ordered into the latest allegations to hit the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) over its 2G report. An ex-auditor of CAG, RP Singh said that Joshi had influenced the report and that the loss figure mentioned in it was presumptive which had been added...
12:43 PM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: 12.12 pm: Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2.30 pm. 12.07 pm: Select Committee's report on Lokpal Bill tabled in Rajya Sabha amidst much uproar. 12.06 pm: Lok Sabha adjourned till Monday 12 noon: Parliament resumes, uproar continues. Slogan shouting in both Houses continue. 11.04 am: Lok Sabha adjourned after Opposition uproar over FDI in retail. 11.02 am: Rajya Sabha adjourned after uproar over SC/ST bill. 11.01 am: Session begins,...
10:58 AM, Nov 23, 2012
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath on Friday said that the allegations by CAG principal auditor RP Singh against its 2G report will be discussed in Parliament. ...
10:50 AM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi of the BJP on Friday refuted charges by ex-CAG audit officer RP Singh that he had influenced the agency's report on 2G spectrum, saying that they were baseless. Speaking to reporters, Joshi said that the government was merely trying to defame CAG. Speaking exclusively to CNN-IBN, ex-CAG principal auditor RP Singh had alleged that the CAG's 2G report had been...
10:40 AM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: The man who authored the CAG's report on 2G spectrum has now said that it is not his report, that it merely carried his signature. Speaking to CNN-IBN, ex-CAG audit officer RP Singh said that the audit was done without guidelines and was influenced by PAC Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi. He further said that the loss figure mentioned in the report was presumptive and had been restored in...
10:17 AM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: CAG's ex-principal auditor RP Singh on Friday made startling revelations about the agency's 2G report saying that it was audited without guidelines and influenced by Public Accounts Committee Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi. In an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN, Singh further stated that the loss figure of Rs 1.76 lakh crore was presumptive, which he had deleted from the draft report but which was restored in the final copy....
08:18 AM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Vinod Rai on Wednesday denied any pressure from any quarter with regard to the 2G spectrum allocation report. Rai said that the CAG had told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in January 2010 that the audit report would be ready in six months, hence suo moto examination by the PAC was carried out in a parallel manner. He further clarified that the CAG...
02:19 PM, Nov 16, 2011
New Delhi: In the latest development in controversy surrounding the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) role in the 2G scam report, CNN-IBN has accessed a copy of a letter written by CAG RB Singh to Deputy CAG Rekha Gupta. A fresh controversy broke out in 2G case on Tuesday with the surfacing of a letter which suggested that Parliament's Public Accounts Committee chief Murli Manohar Joshi had called up a...
01:30 PM, Nov 15, 2011
New Delhi: Lead auditor of the 2G report RP Singh on Monday appeared before the Joint Parliamentary Committee looking into the scam. According to sources, RP Singh has stuck to his stand. He has reportedly said he acted on orders from above. Singh had given a report of estimating the loss from sale of 2G spectrum at 2001 rates at Rs 2645 crore, but was asked to sign a report...
02:07 PM, Nov 14, 2011
New Delhi: A split in the CAG over the 2G loss figure has come to the fore. CNN-IBN has accessed copies of confidential notes that show the lead auditor was forced to take the Comptroller Auditor General's line. The confidential notes were exchanged between Deputy CAG Rekha Gupta and Director General for Audits R P Singh. According to them, R P Singh was coerced into toeing Gupta and CAG Vinod...
08:24 AM, Oct 29, 2011
