Will oppose JPC draft report if Raja not allowed to depose: SP

April 25, 2013 15:58

Samajwadi Party, which extends crucial outside support to UPA, today said it would "oppose" the JPC draft report if former Telecom Minister A Raja is not allowed to personally depose before it, but ruled out siding with BJP in demanding removal of P C Chacko as chairman of the committee.

In perhaps its first public reaction to the draft report which gives a clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram, the party said, "We can't go with the BJP" in demanding Chacko's removal.

"But we wish to state clearly that A Raja should be given an opportunity to appear before the Committee. If not, then we will oppose the (draft) report," SP leader Naresh Agarwal told reporters outside Parliament House.

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