JPC Chairman PC Chacko, whose removal has been sought by some panel members, said he would have considered resigning if the demand had come to him directly instead of Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar being approached for his ouster. Chacko was speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate.
Here is the full transcript of the interview:
Karan Thapar: Hello and welcome to Devil's Advocate and in an interview with embattled and beleaguered Chaiman of JPC PC Chacko. Mr Chacko 15 members of the JPC, 50 per cent of your membership, have met the Speaker and asked that you be removed as Chairman. Can you deny you have lost the confidence of your members?
PC Chacko: I do not think so because it is a political divide and I do not see any other reason other than political reason for them to write a letter....
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