The virtual split of the Public Accounts Committee and election of Congress’ Saifuddin Soz as chairman by 11 of its members supporting ruling Congress-led coalition and they then passing a resolution rejecting the draft report on 2G scam prepared by its chief Murli Manohar Joshi has come for sharp criticism by the legal experts, saying the whole exercise goes against the parliamentary conventions.

The action of Karnataka governor H.R. Bhardwaj granting sanction to private complainants to initiate the prosecution of chief minister B.S. Yeddeyurappa and state home minister R. Ashoka is the first case of its kind when the governor had granted sanction for prosecution of a chief minister on the private complaints.