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Opp rejects special session offer

By The Assam Tribune

NEW DELHI/JAMMU, Dec 23 � Opposition parties today rejected Government�s fresh offer for a special Parliament session to debate their demand for JPC on 2G spectrum scam even as Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee accused them of �destroying� Parliament and demanded an apology, reports PTI.

The prolonged war of attrition between the two sides on the JPC issue showed no signs of abating with the main Opposition party saying it was time for government to act, insisting that they do not want a debate and that they will settle for nothing less than a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC).

�We do not want any debate. We want an inquiry. The government should form a JPC to probe it (2G scam),� Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj said in Jammu.

BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman said, �The special session for discussion has no meaning as it (discussion) has already taken place in 2009. Discussing ths issue is not going to serve any purpose.

�We insist on JPC and not any discussion. For the government, time is now to act,� Sitharaman said.

The BJP leaders are in Jammu for the party�s national office-bearers� meeting.

An angry Mukherjee, who made a fresh offer last night for a special session of Parliament in a bid to break the stalemate, accused the Opposition of �destroying� Parliament.

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