PAC or JPC: their propriety.
Congress has for no reason avoided to setup JPC to enquire about G2 Spectrum. It is also true that Congress wants to hide so many important factors which might be disclosed before the JPC. Congress wants to convince people that the function of both the committees is one and the same. Had it been so then why such different committees would have been provided under the Constitution of India. . The Congress wants to hide from the general public the different roles of both the committees. PAC is Public Accounts Commits which functions like super power audit authority on the public exchequer. It is the power of the Lok Sabha to pass budget and finance Bill and there fore it has every jurisdiction to keep eye on income and expenditure made by its bureaucrat authorities. Auditor and comptroller General of India keeps eye over such income and expenditure and the PAC reviews with all pros and cons. No parliamentarian or Ministers spend any rupee of his own accord but it is all done through the office they hold. . Therefore the PAC has no jurisdiction to call any representative of the public unless and until he has drawing and disbursing authority. Obviously the Prime Minister has also no drawing and disbursing authority and hence it would be futile exercise if he is called by PAC. It is also to be noted that the Prime Minister is not a member of Lok Sabha but of Rajya Sabha. The Chairman of the RS. has no control over PAC as it is part and parcel of Lok Sabha.
As against this the Joint parliamentary committee consists of members of both the House and the committee has every right to summon any one before it to enquire about the subject before it. The committee has every right to compel the attendance of witnesses to depose before it. JPC can summon Radia, Tata, Prabhu Chawala, Barakha Datta or Veer Sanghavi , Ambani brothers etc. If the Prime Minister has no hesitation to appear and depose before PAC why he should hesitate to appear before JPC? Why JPC is not being formed to enquire about G2 Spectrum scam? Why it is only Congress which is avoiding to state openly about its opposition to form JPC? Why Congress blames opposition parties for halting proceeding in parliament?
There is some very serious matter which may come out of the JPC and hence all such exercise is being made and this reveals that the Congress has no real intention to rein the corrupt persons. Subramanian Swami has alleged that a large portion of the corrupt money received from G2 Spectrum scam was given to Sonia, sisters of Sonia and her son Rahul Gandhi. May be right or wrong but the facts should come before the public. If P.M wants to prove to be like casers’ wife (beyond suspicion) and Sonia too then come forward and face JPC. People will remember them as good and honest persons other wise they both will be remembered for G2 Spectrum Scam as Rajeev Gandhi is always remembered for Bofors scam. It should further be remembered that falseness last an hour, and truth lasts till the end of time. Any one who lives will know trying times. Hope good sense will prevail on the concerned persons
