Will study CAG report first: Cong

“The CAG report has been tabled. We would react to the report after we have studied it. So far as as the JPC is concerned,the stand of both the Congress party and the government has been made clear,” Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari told reporters outside Parliament.

In the report,tabled in both Houses of Parliament,the Comptroller and Auditor General noted that the presumptive loss caused to the exchequer through spectrum allocation to 122 licencees and 35 dual technology licences in 2007-08 was Rs 1,76,645 crore. It pegged the figures on the basis of 3G auction held earlier this year in which the government mopped up over Rs 67,000 crore.

Terming the Opposition behaviour as “irresponsible”,Congress leader Jayanti Natarajan said: “Opposition should come and discuss all matters on the floors of the House and that is what Parliament is meant for. But this is completely irresponsible behaviour on the part of the Opposition.”

“Everything can be discussed in Parliament. If they are concerned for common people,they should allow Parliament to function. Blocking and disrupting parliament is unparliamentary and irresponsible,” she said.

“Opposition should be responsible. They were earlier seeking Raja’s resignation. Now he has resigned.”