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Congress says BJP, Shiv Sena are being pressurised
New Delhi, Aug 14: Congress today said efforts were on to pressurise BJP and Shiv Sena members of PAC to `dissociate` themselves from the report on defence purchases saying it was `unprecedented` and gross violation of all the norms of Parliamentary democracy.
New Delhi, Aug 14: Congress today said efforts were
on to pressurise BJP and Shiv Sena members of PAC to
"dissociate" themselves from the report on defence purchases
saying it was "unprecedented" and gross violation of all the
norms of Parliamentary democracy.
"I would like to condemn the pressure on NDA members in
the PAC to write letters to dissociate themselves from the PAC
report....It is a gross violation of all the norms of
Parliamentary democracy", party spokesman S Jaipal Reddy told
reporters.
Terming the move as "unprecedented" in the annals of
Indian Parliamentary history, he said committees of
Parliaments may not be able to function if such pressure
tactics were adopted.
He said except two PAC members belonging NDA, others did not contest the report. "Members of the BJP and Shiv Sena are being pressurised to dissociate themselves from the report", he said. Bureau Report