PM rejects Yashwant's demand to depose before JPC

April 03, 2013 15:41

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has rejected BJP leader Yashwant Sinha's demand that he depose before the JPC in the 2G spectrum scam.Yashwant Sinha on Tuesday demanded that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram appear before it for the truth to come out in the scam.

Sinha, who is also a member of the JPC, has raised serious objections over not convening of the panel meeting for two months now and demanded that then telecom minister A Raja, who has been wanting to appear before the JPC, be allowed to do so as he is a key witness in the scam.

The BJP member had on Monday written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asking him to appear before the committee to "clear" his name following allegations levelled against him by Raja.

He said any hesitation on the PM's part to appear before the JPC will prove that he has "something to hide".

In his reply to Sinha on Wednesday, Dr Singh wrote: "I have received your letter of 1 April, 2013 regarding the Joint Parliamentary Committee looking into the 2G matter.

"You are aware that all pertinent records and documents available with the government have already been placed at the disposal of the JPC. I have said from the beginning that neither the government nor I have anything to hide in this matter.

"The decision as to what evidence should be sought and which individuals should be asked to appear before the JPC is a matter that needs to be decided internally by the JPC and its chairman."

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