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JPC decides to call R P Singh to appear before it again

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Press Trust of India New Delhi

"I agreed to call R P Singh...He would be asked to appear before JPC," panel chief P C Chacko said here. He said Singh would be called after December 19.

He is being summoned for the second time after BJP members had recently demanded calling of the former Director General Audit (Post and Telecommunication) in CAG.

"Yashwant Sinha (BJP) was of the view that the statements of Singh before the media recently and his deposition before the Joint Parliamentary Committee are contradictory and that some of the points he raised before the media were not told to the Committee," Chacko said.

 

Chacko said he himself and some other members were of the opinion that there was not much of contradiction. But "It is necessary to call as opinions differ," he said. (more)

  

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First Published: Dec 12 2012 | 7:55 PM IST

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