New Delhi: Expelled BJP leader Jaswant Singh
could be a fait accompli for the party despite its demand for
his removal from the post of Chairman of the Public Accounts
Committee (PAC) of Parliament.
A clear indication to this effect was available today
with Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar making it clear that she
could remove Chairman of any committee only if he is unable to
perform his duty.
In the case of Singh, he has held two meetings, she said.
"The relevant rules says that a Chairman can be removed
if for any reason he is unable to discharge his functions,"
Kumar said.
Kumar`s statement came two days after her remarks in
Patna that she would go only by rules and regulations on BJP`s
demand for removal of Singh.
"I will do what rules and regulations permit. We can`t
force him out. There is something called law, we will have to
follow it," Kumar had said of Singh, who has been expelled
from the saffron party for his controversial book `Jinnah:
India, Partition, Independence`.
"It is up to Jaswant Singh to take a decision," she had
said.
Singh has rejected BJP`s demand that he give up the post
of Chairman of PAC.
Bureau Report
