The BJP-led NDA on Monday said it will allow the Budget Session of Parliament to function if government announces formation of a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) to probe into the 2G spectrum allocation scam. NDA leaders, who met at NDA working chairman L.K. Advani’s residence on Monday decided that if Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announces setting up of JPC on Tuesday, they will allow both Houses to run smoothly.
The NDA and other Opposition parties have been demanding a JPC probe into the 2G spectrum allocation scam.
“We met today. We had been demanding a JPC. There is a possibility that the government will announce formation of JPC in Parliament tomorrow. Once that is done, we will allow the House to function smoothly...We will participate in the parliamentary business with all seriousness,” NDA convenor Sharad Yadav said after the meeting.
He said the JPC into 2G spectrum allocation is not the only issue that the NDA will raise, but other issues including price rise and black money will also be raised during the Budget Session.
“The issue of (irregularities in) CWG and the Adarsh Housing Society scam will also be raised. Allotment of fertile land for development projects is another issue....NDA had raised the issue of price raise but the government did not respond,” Mr Yadav said.
He said the issues identified by NDA to be raised during the Budget Session were referred to by the President in her address to both Houses of Parliament. “It is sad that the issues were merely raised and no solution was suggested. We have today decided to raise these issues for the benefit of the common man through constructive debates,” he said.