Joshi clears decks for PAC report

The sources said three important witnesses Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrashekar,PMs Principal Secretary T K A Nair and Attorney General G E Vahanvati had sent their replies to questions sent by the PAC,which would be incorporated in the report. Joshi had to abandon the plan to examine them after Congress members disrupted the April 15 meeting.

Joshi pre-empted a repeat performance by announcing at the outset that he would want every participant to have his say,and if needed,twice or even thrice. Every member spoke with the exception of two D Venugopal of the DMK and AIADMKs N Balaganga. M Thambidurai of the AIADMK said the PAC would make a laughing stock of itself if it did not come out with a report after making so much effort.