BJP, CPI trash JPC report, call it cover up exercise

Rejecting the draft JPC report on 2G, BJP and CPI today said it has been reduced to a "Congress report" and they will give their dissent notes separately.
They also alleged that it was a cover up exercise even as objections were raised on the leakage of the report.
"We shall reject it. We shall put forward our own views. It is a cover up story. It is a story done at the diktat of the Congress party," said CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta.
Dasgupta, who is also a member of the JPC, said it is "absolutely contrary to the facts revealed".

He claimed a number of witnesses had showed that the Prime Minister was in the know of things and was even warned by one of his colleagues.
BJP spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi said, "Since we were part of the JPC, we will submit our point of view which will become on record for all times in future and it will create history because these reports are there for posterity."

She justified the party's position taken at the time of demanding the JPC, saying "as a political party which believes in the system of governance, we cannot really overlook various system which are in place."

"But, after experiencing the misuse of the system, you could be wise in the hindsight. At the same time, the fact that you could be wise in parliamentary democracy, you believe in the Constitution and you believe in various systems, you expected the JPC members will rise above their position as Congress people.
"Infact, they will be people who are working for the country and see as statesmen more than as people of a political party. But that has not happened," said Lekhi.
CPI leader D Raja said, "It has become a Congress report" and his party would be preparing a dissent note as it did not agree with it.

He also criticised the leakage of the report, saying, "It is not at all acceptable to us. Still it is a draft report. The formal meeting of JPC is yet to take place. The report is yet to be formally adopted.