New Delhi: Expressing no-confidence in PC Chacko as Chairman of JPC, against whom 15 members of the 30-member Committee have represented to the Speaker for his removal, the BJP on Thursday said he has no right to preside over the panel in such circumstances. The opposition party cited Constitutional provisions under Articles 91 and 92 when a no-confidence against the Chairman of Rajya Sabha or the Speaker has been expressed...
08:59 PM, Apr 25, 2013
New Delhi: As the Opposition prepared to scuttle the JPC report on 2G spectrum scam, the government on Thursday expressed confidence that the members will exercise their correct judgement irrespective of their party affiliation. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath's reaction came when asked about the Opposition parties' move to corner JPC Chairman PC Chacko over clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in its report on the 2G scam. "There...
05:33 PM, Apr 25, 2013
New Delhi: The Opposition members of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), which is examining the 2G spectrum allocation scam, have submitted a memorandum to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar expressing no confidence against panel chairperson PC Chacko. Fifteen members of the 30-member JPC submitted the memorandum on Thursday saying they have lost trust in Chacko. Those pressing demand for Chacko's removal are members from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the...
02:09 PM, Apr 25, 2013
New Delhi: The Opposition members of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), which is examining the 2G spectrum allocation scam, will meet Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar at 2 pm to seek removal of committee's chairperson PC Chacko. Earlier, the JPC meet, which was scheduled for Thursday, was postponed with Chacko saying the next date will be finalised after consulting other members. The meeting is likely to take place next week,...
01:01 PM, Apr 25, 2013
New Delhi: The Joint Parliamentary Committee meeting on the 2G scam that was scheduled for Thursday has been postponed. JPC Chairperson PC Chacko said that the next date of the meeting will be finalised after consulting other members. The meeting is likely to take place next week, Chacko said. This came after the Lok Sabha was adjourned following a request from MPs to mourn the death of Trinamool Lok Sabha...
11:58 AM, Apr 25, 2013
New Delhi: The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) meeting, which will be held in the national capital on Thursday to adopt the draft report on 2G spectrum allocation scam, is expected to be a stormy affair with the Opposition planning to corner the panel's chairperson PC Chacko over clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram. Sources said the Opposition might also force a vote on the...
08:39 AM, Apr 25, 2013
New Delhi: The JPC meeting to be held in the capital on Thursday to adopt the draft report on 2G scam is set to be a stormy affair with Opposition parties readying to corner the Committee's Chairman PC Chacko over clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram. The non-Congress members in the 30-member JPC are expected to press for a vote on the controversial draft...
05:36 PM, Apr 24, 2013
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has trashed the draft JPC report on the 2G spectrum case and will most likely present its own report on the probe panel's findings, sources said on Tuesday. The sources said that the main opposition party will seek rejection of the draft report. The JPC is expected to meet on Thursday to consider the draft report. Speaking to reporters, BJP leader Yashwant Sinha...
06:46 PM, Apr 23, 2013
JPC chairman PC Chacko has refuted the allegations made by former telecom minister A Raja saying the latter was given heard by the panel before the draft report was prepared. Raja has alleged that the JPC prepared its report without hearing him. ...
07:20 PM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: The DMK on Monday sought the removal of PC Chacko as chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee examining the 2G spectrum allocation, alleging that he had leaked the panel's draft report to the media. DMK leader TR Baalu said he had given a notice of breach of parliamentary privilege against Chacko over the leakage of the JPC draft report. "We have given privilege notice to Lok Sabha Speaker...
02:50 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Chennai: DMK members of the joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probing the allocation and pricing of 2G spectrum have readied their dissent note to the panel's draft report, said the party's parliamentary leader TR Baalu. He said the party would also demand the removal of PC Chacko as the JPC's chairman. "We have prepared a dissent note. Even though it is only a draft JPC report, we have readied our dissent...
11:50 AM, Apr 22, 2013
The chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probing the 2G case, PC Chacko, on Tuesday said that the PM could be summoned before the panel only if the majority of the members agreed upon it. Reacting to committee member and BJP leader Yashwant Sinha's letter to the PM asking him to appear before the panel, Chacko said that no member of the committee had the right to summon anybody...
05:15 PM, Apr 03, 2013
The BJP once again targeted the the chief of the JPC probing the 2G case. Yashwant Sinha wrote to the PM against PC Chacko asking why former Telecom Minister A Raja had not been asked to depose. ...
11:11 PM, Apr 02, 2013
Joint Parliamentary Committee Chairman PC Chacko has hit back at Bharatiya Janata Party leader for his letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the 2G scam. Chacko has said, "Yashwant Sinha's letter to the Prime Minister is a political stunt and against norms." ...
02:07 PM, Apr 02, 2013
The Bharatiya Janata Party has hit out at 2G Joint Parliamentary Committee Chairman PC Chacko again for not calling former telecom minister A Raja to depose. BJP leader Yashwant Sinha has demanded that former telecom minister A Raja be called to depose as he is equally culpable as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram in the 2G case. ...
12:32 PM, Apr 02, 2013
The Bharatiya Janata Party has hit out at JPC Chairman PC Chacko for what it calls delaying the proceedings in the 2G scam case and dragging his feet on calling former telecom A Raja to depose before the panel. "For some strange reason our chairman PC Chacko is neither calling a meeting of the JPC nor is inviting Raja to appear as a witness. There is something seriously wrong," said...
03:03 PM, Apr 01, 2013
Amidst growing calls for the removal, more trouble is piling on for Rajya sabha deputy chairman PJ Kurien in the Suryanelli gangrape case. Kurien's own party spokesperson PC Chacko has now spoken out against him, saying the Congress party will take a decision on him before the Budget Session. The rape survivor has demanded that Kurien be made an accused in the case. ...
06:30 AM, Feb 11, 2013
Amidst growing calls for the removal of Deputy Chariman of Rajya Sabha PJ Kurien, Congress spokesperson and Kurien's colleague from Kerala, PC Chacko has said the party will take a decision on his removal before the Budget Session. ...
03:11 PM, Feb 10, 2013
A "very promising budget" is on the anvil, Congress on Wednesday said indicating that the Union Budget 2013-14 will be replete with populist schemes as also economic reforms. "A very promising budget is going to come. The government is now well in control. Economic steps are the most important thing.... In next year we are going to have many programmes, which are going to have far-reaching consequences. ...
04:41 AM, Jan 31, 2013
New Delhi: Fireworks are expected in the next meeting of the JPC on 2G issue scheduled for on Thursday with the demand for calling Finance Minister P Chidambaram as a witness becoming a sticky issue. The issue of summoning Chidambaram as a witness is back in the Committee's court with Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar declining to intervene at this stage which has forced JPC Chairman PC Chacko to take...
12:01 PM, Oct 17, 2012
