2G scam: Singhvi recuses himself from JPC

Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi has recused himself from the JPC into the 2G Spectrum scam taking the plea that he had appeared for cellular operators in the court as a senior advocate.

"I had appeared as a senior advocate in the court for cellular operators and had attacked the telecom policies from 2002 to 2004 when Pramod Mahajan, Arun Shourie and Ram Vilas Paswan were telecom ministers (in the NDA government). Hence, I requested the Rajya Sabha Chairman for recusal and the request has been accepted," Singhvi, who is also party spokesperson, said today.

His name figures on the list of 10 members from Rajya Sabha, who are to be included in the 30-member JPC in which 20 members will be from Lok Sabha.

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will be moving a motion for the appointment of a JPC in the Upper House today.

Other members whose name have been proposed are PJ Kurien and Praveen Rashtrapal from the Congress, Sitram Yechury from the CPI-M, Tiruchi Shiva from the DMK, SS Ahluwalia and Ravi Shankar Prasad from the BJP, YP Trivedi from the NCP, Satish Chandra Mishra from the BSP and Ramchandra Prasad Singh from the Janta Dal (United).