New Delhi: The government has ruled out any Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the 2G spectrum scam, sources said on Friday.
Congress said since agencies like the CBI are already probing the scam, there is no need for a JPC.
Finance minister and UPA's chief troubleshooter Pranab Mukherjee will again meet the Opposition leaders to break the deadlock that continued for the eighth day in Parliament. Practically no business has been transacted in the six days of the ongoing winter session that began on Nov 9.
Both houses of parliament were on Friday adjourned till noon as Opposition MPs persisted with their demand for a JPC to probe the 2G allotment scam.
Both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned till noon as soon as they met for the day.
Opposition members, including the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and its allies, the Left parties, Samajwadi Party and AIADMK shouted slogans in both the Houses for a JPC and a clarification from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the scam.
The issue again rocked parliament as the Opposition insisted on a JPC probe into improper allocation of 2G frequencies to telecom companies by Raja that is estimated to have cost the exchequer Rs.176,000 crore (Rs.1.76 trillion/approx $39 billion).
However, amid protests, the government tabled the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on the 2G spectrum allotment in both the Houses on Tuesday.
Ahead of the CAG report, communications minister A. Raja resigned on Sunday night. The CAG report had indicted Raja and said he functioned "arbitrarily", causing huge revenue loss to the public exchequer.
(With IANS inputs)
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