BJP, Opposition spar over Chidambaram's presence in House panel

Opposition also resisted the BJP move to demand that Chidambaram withdraw from the proceedings

At a Parliamentary standing committee meeting to discuss privacy and national security issues related to Aadhaar, Opposition members on Wednesday protested a move by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members to ask committee chairman P Chidambaram to recuse himself from the proceedings.

The Parliamentary standing committee on Home Affairs is examining the subject, 'national security and privacy concerns related to Aadhaar', from October 24. It is one of the eight subjects that committee had identified to be discussed at its meetings this year, and has spent four meetings on it.

However, five of the BJP members of the committee, including Chandigarh Lok Sabha