Ansari pulls up Subbarami Reddy for inclusion of and in n-Bill

Once the issue came to the fore,Ansari directed Rajya Sabha Secretary General V K Agnihotri to inquire into the mishandling of the report. The Committee submitted its report on August 18. Reddy had reportedly told Rajya Sabha Secretariat officials to include and at the end of Clause 17A of the Bill which,the Opposition argued,would have let the suppliers of nuclear equipment off the hook with regard to compensation in case of an accident.

It would be desirable that Chairpersons of Committees should invariably follow up their verbal instructions of such nature in writing to the staff so that there is no room for any misgivings as in the instant case, Ansari has observed.