2G scam: JPC gives clean chit to Manmohan, Chidambaram

In May this year, Meira Kumar had rejected the opposition demand for removal of Chacko as the JPC for giving a clean chit to the prime minister and the finance minister.

The speaker also rejected the demand of six Congress members for removal of three BJP members - Yashwant Sinha, Jaswant Singh and Ravi Shankar Prasad - from the panel saying there was conflict of interest.

The JPC meeting April 25 to finalise the draft report was postponed due to the death of Trinamool Congress MP Ambica Banerjee.

The same day as many as 15 opposition members, including former United Progressive Alliance allies DMK and Trinamool Congress, wrote separate letters to the speaker that they had “no confidence” in Chacko as the panel chief and he should be removed.

In a counter-attack, six Congress members wrote to the speaker seeking the removal of the BJP members from the committee.