New Delhi, Aug 13: In the midst of deadlock between the government and the opposition on the CVC report on Kargil purchases issue, Public Accounts Committee chairman Buta Singh today met Lok Sabha speaker Manohar Joshi but there was little indication of an end to the stalemate. Singh also did not attach much importance to Rajya Sabha Chairman Bhairon Singh Shekhawat's ruling that the CVC probe did not cover arms deals during the 1999 Kargil conflict.
Emerging from the meeting, Singh told reporters here that "the PAC right from day one asked for the CVC report relating to operation Vijay (Kargil conflict) deals. Never asked for report on any other defence deals."
"We had five meetings with representatives of the defence ministry who took the stand that the CVC report is marked secret and, therefore, not to be shown to the PAC", Singh said.
He said even the Defence Minister George Fernandes had refused to give the report to PAC at a meeting convened by the speaker attended by him and the defence minister.

Dismissing as "politically motivated" the accusations against PAC, Singh said the report of the committee was unanimous.
He said the government should have stated then that there was no such CVC report.
"This committee functions under the direct command of the speaker and does not take orders from others", he said when asked about the observations made by Shekhawat in the Rajya Sabha on the issue.
Bureau Report