Congress-DMK coup d'etat in PAC on 2G

PTI / Thursday, April 28, 2011 19:28 IST

Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy today described as a shameful day for Indian democracy, the 'virtual coup d'etat"carried out by Congress and DMK in the Public Accounts Commitee on the 2G spectrum issue.

He said the election of Saifuddin Soz as PAC "chairman" was a "blatant violation" of parliamentary procedure and urged the president to dissolve Parliament and hold fresh elections.

"The virtual coup d'etat carried out by Congress with DMK in tow is a shameful day for India's parliamentary democracy," Swamy said.

The election of Soz as 'chairman' of PAC is a blatant violation of parliamentary procedures for chairman of the PAC,' he said in a statement here after 11 of the 21 PAC members had rejected the draft report.

"It is clear that corrupt elements dominate the present Parliament and hence it is not going to be possible to remove corruption through the present dispensation in the Lok Sabha.

Swamy said the president should summon the prime minister and ask for his resignation, dissolve Parliament and hold fresh elections "so that the people can elect patriotic and clean persons to the new LokSabha.

The draft report of PAC was based on documents from PMO, ministries of finance and telecom which are themselves sufficient to indict the UPA government in the 2G scam, Swamy, who had been waging a legal battle in this case, said.

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