Opposition foils government move to upset 2G JPC composition

The Opposition on Thursday stopped the government from silently changing the composition of the Joint Parliamentary Committee probing the scam in allocation and pricing of telecom licences and spectrum. When Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Shukla sought to move a resolution in the Rajya Sabha for filling two JPC vacancies, the AIADMK’s V. Maitreyan raised the red flag and thereafter the Opposition combatively came down against the move.

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