2G spectrum scam: BJP to stick to its demand for joint parliamentary committee

Slamming the Congress for refusing the Opposition's demand for a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe into the second generation mobile spectrum scam, BJP today said its demand is legitimate and the party would stick to it.

"Congress is running away from the JPC and we have decided to stick to our demand. It has been three weeks now the Parliament is not functioning," BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said here.

To a question, as to why the opposition cannot choose any other way of protest and allow the Parliament to function, Javdekar said the party's demand is legitimate and in line with constitutional provisions and parliamentary traditions.

"Not only BJP, all the opposition parties are demanding JPC," he pointed out.

Referring to the decision by Congress members of not taking their daily allowance for attending Parliament as the house has not functioned, he said it was trivialisation of
politics.

"After the Rs1.76 lakh crore second generation mobile spectrum scam, Rs30,000 crore CWG scam and Adarsh society scam, they are now saying their MPs will not take allowances," Javadekar said.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi are among 80 party MPs who have decided not to take their daily allowance for the days Parliament did not function, saying the principle of 'no work, no pay' should be followed.