The Congress is shying away from forming the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to probe the 2G spectrum scam because it is afraid that it will ferret out the truth, according to D. Pandian, State secretary of the Communist Party of India.
He told presspersons here on Sunday that the JPC had powers to summon anyone for interrogation, barring the President, the Chief Justice of India and the chiefs of the armed forces.
The Congress need not be afraid of the committee if it did not have anything to hide. “In the past, Congress governments had formed five JPCs to probe various issues. Why are they afraid now?” Mr. Pandian asked.
Asked whether his party would demand the arrest of A. Raja, former Union Telecom Minister, Mr. Pandian said it was not the question of arresting Mr. Raja alone. Everyone involved in the scam should be interrogated thoroughly.
Farmers of Cauvery delta districts whose crops had been damaged in the recent rain should be given compensation of Rs. 15,000 per acre of crop damage, Mr. Pandian said.
Earlier, he garlanded the portrait of K.T.K.Thangamani, trade union leader, whose ninth death anniversary was observed.
