AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa on Wednesday asked why Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi is afraid of a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the 2G spectrum scam, when A. Raja, who quit as Minister in the wake of the CAG report, has denied all charges.
In a statement here, she said the AIADMK was for a probe by a powerful JPC, comprising senior Parliamentarians and leaders from various political parties.
Recalling the Chief Minister's poser to the Opposition whether they had no faith in BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi, because they had demanded a probe by a JPC, which would be headed by a member of the ruling party, instead of the PAC headed by an Opposition leader, Ms. Jayalalithaa said the question had proved that Mr. Karunanidhi had no faith in the Congress.
She said the Chief Minister's statement rejecting the demand of the Opposition for a JPC probe only showed that he dreaded a probe.
As regards Mr. Karunanidhi's averment that she had no locus standi to comment on the spectrum scam, Ms. Jayalalithaa said she had been declared innocent in more than 12 cases foisted by the DMK government. “The Chief Minister has no locus standi to talk about me and the cases faced by me.”
Ms. Jayalalithaa said Mr. Raja, who had refused to step down even after adverse remarks by the Delhi High Court, report of the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) and the interim report of the CAG pointing out the irregularities in the allocation, was forced to resign only after she had come forward to offer support to the Congress-led UPA if it dropped him from the Cabinet.
