Prakash Singh tried to "force" 2nd report, but govt has to

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today told the Assembly that former IPS officer Prakash Singh, who went into the Jat quota stir and filed a report, "may have tried to force us" to allow him to present a second report but "it is up to the government to see".
The Prakash Singh Commitee, which was appointed by the government to look into the violence during the stir, in its first report had indicted several administrative officials.
During a discussion on law and order in the state, Congress tried to put ruling BJP on the backfoot with its senior leader Raghubir Singh Kadian asking why the government asked Singh to stop working on his second report.

Khattar replied, saying the Committee's mandate was to check any lapses on the part of police and civil administration which led to the situation.
Khattar told the Assembly that Prakash Singh wanted to give a second report on police reforms and modernisation etc.
"He (Prakash Singh) was hoping that he will get more time and we will appoint him (for another report on police reforms), but we told him there is material in the shape of books and suggestions on police reforms and modernisation given by him (Singh) earlier which is already available (in the public domain) and, if government wants to take it, we can take from there," Khattar said.

"He may have tried to force us for taking his services, but it is up to the government to see," Khattar said.
Turning towards Kadian, Khattar then added, "now to say that there is any kind of pressure on the government will not be a correct thing to say".
He said after the Prakash Singh Committee report the government had taken action and was still in the process of taking action.