New Delhi, April 26: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today rejected Opposition demand for Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into both the IPL controversy and the phone-tapping issue on the ground that it was not needed.
“JPC for what? This is not a fit case for JPC,” Singh said when asked about the Opposition demand for a JPC into the phone-tapping allegation.
Asked whether the government had rejected the demand for a JPC on the IPL issue, Singh said, “I don’t think there is a need for a JPC. A JPC is a very serious issue. We can’t rush to such a conclusion in haste.”
He said Home Minister P Chidambaram had explained the phone-tapping allegations in Parliament. “I had offered to come before Parliament after 3.30 pm if there was a sitting, but there was restlessness,” he added.
–Agencies