NEW DELHI: The Pawan Bansal committee of the Lok Sabha on Wednesday submitted its report on the "cash-for-query" scam to Speaker Somnath Chatterjee.

The five-member panel had, in the last 10 days, viewed the original videos of the sting operation, interrogated the journalists involved and also the 10 Lok Sabha members . According to the committee members all were asked to make their statements under oath.

It is learnt that the Speaker will table the report on Thursday — all members are expected to be given a copy so that they could find time to read it — and the following day a resolution is likely to be moved on the basis of the report's recommendation.

The 10 Lok Sabha MPs have not attended the House since the sting operation. They were told by the Speaker to stay away although they have not been formally suspended. The 10 MPs involved in this are: M.K. Annasaheb Patil, Y.G. Mahajan, Chandra Prate Singh, Praveen Gandhi, Suresh Chancel (all five Bharatiya Janata Party), Raja Ram Pal, Marinara Kushwaha, Lal Chandra (all three Bahujan Samaj Party), Ramsewak Singh (Congress) and Manoj Kumar (Rashtriya Janata Dal).

Mr. Bansal said on Tuesday that the committee would give specific recommendations and not simply suggest that the matter be handed over to the Privileges Committee. He said: "We were given a specific job and a responsibility." However, he refused to say anything about the nature of the recommendation. Besides Mr. Bansal (Congress) who chaired the committee, its other members are V.K. Malhotra (BJP), Mohammad Salim (Communist Party of India-Marxist), Ram Gopal Yadav (Samajwadi Party) and C. Kuppuswami (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam). The Rajya Sabha Ethics Committee headed by Karan Singh (Congress), looking into the conduct of the lone MP of the Upper House Chhatrapal Singh (BJP) is expected to submit its report on December 23, the last day of the winter session. Rajya Sabha Chairman Bhairon Singh Shekhawat has suspended Chhatrapal Singh.

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