The Prime Minister today rejected the demand of the opposition for Joint Parliamentary Committee to go into the phone tapping issue saying that it is not a fit case for JPC. He was replying to questions by the media on the sidelines of the Defence Investiture Ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan today evening. He said Home Minister, Mr. P Chidambaram had explained the phone-tapping allegations in Parliament and he himself had offered to come before Parliament in the afternoon. <br/> <br/>On the demand for a JPC on the IPL issue, Dr. Singh said, he does not think there is a need for it. He said, JPC is a very serious issue and one cannot rush to such a conclusion in haste. Dr. Manmohan Singh also expressed confidence over his government surviving the cut-motions on budgetary grants in Parliament. To a query whether the government would be talking to SP and RJD leaders on the cut motions, the Prime Minister talked about the support of all right thinking people.<br/> <br/> <br/>On the prospects of meeting his Pakistani counterpart Yusuf Raza Gilani in Bhutan on the sidelines of the SAARC summit, Dr. Singh said that nothing is certain. If the two come together at the same time under the same roof, it is inevitable run into each other. <br/><br/>Replying to a question on Afghan President Hamid Karzai's views on Taliban, Singh said, "President Karzai is the best judge of what is good for Afghanistan. To another query on bringing Women's Reservation Bill in Lok Sabha, he said his government was committed to bring the Bill before Parliament, but the precise date would be finalised by the floor managers.
News On AIR | April 26, 2010 9:18 PM
PM rules out JPC on phone tapping