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Ahead of the tabling of the Public Accounts Committee's report on the Commonwealth Games scam in Parliament on Wednesday, PAC chairman K V Thomas Tuesday said it had virtually absolved former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the then PMO of any wrongdoing in the Commonwealth Games
“We found nothing that the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh or the PMO (Prime Minister’s Office) did out of the way,” Thomas said. He also said the media should be allowed to attend the proceedings of the Committee.
“You will get the entire report tomorrow. One important point is that there is nothing against the then Prime Minister in it… Everything is black and white,” Thomas said. “There was a meeting chaired by the Prime Minister, decisions were taken, and when the minutes (of the meeting) came, the then Sports Ministry said the spirit of the decisions was not carried in the minutes,” he said. He said there was unanimity on the findings and conclusions of the report, and pointed out that in the 24-member PAC, only four members were from the Congress party while the BJP has 12 members.
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On the delay in presenting the report on the Commonwealth Games, Thomas said it was due to the large number of reports that the PAC has to go through.
In the last three years, the PAC under Thomas has presented 73 reports so far and the 74th report is slated to be tabled on Wednesday.
He said the PAC report on the 2G spectrum sale will be tabled in Parliament before 31 April, the last working day of the current Committee.
Thomas said since the PAC examined the reports of the CAG, the Committee Chairman should also be in the panel for selection of CAG. Another issue which he said that the Committee felt necessary was to call top government officers even after their retirement since in many instances decisions were taken by the government and subsequently the concerned official had retired.
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