New Delhi: After two-and-half years, a parliamentary panel today finally gave a clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram of any wrongdoing while blaming former telecom minister A. Raja in the controversial 2G spectrum allocation issue, said informed sources. The opposition cried hoarse over it.
The joint parliamentary committee (JPC) looking into the 2G spectrum allocation adopted its report by a majority vote, its chairman P.C. Chacko told reporters but refused to divulge its contents as it is a confidential document.
According to sources, the report also refutes the assessment of the then Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai that losses worth a whopping Rs.1.76 lakh crore were incurred in the allocation of these licences.
As parliament is not in session, the report, along with the dissent notes, will be submitted to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar by October-end, said Chacko.
After that, it can be made public, he said.
According to Chacko, of the 27 members present and voting, 16 supported the report while 11 opposed it. Three members were absent.
