Cut up with the Government’s move, the BJP is likely to write to Rajya Sabha Chairperson Hamid Ansari asking him whether the proportional representation rule will be followed in future committees or the ruling party will have its say.
The Parliamentary Standing Committees, Public Accounts Committee and bodies like the JPC are “miniature Parliaments” and follow the principle of proportional representation where parties are represented as per their strength in each House, BJP leaders contended.
This principle is also judicially recognised, they said adding with Ganguly’s appointment the Government has, in a way, ensured a majority of one for itself in the JPC.
“The 2G spectrum allocation was rigged by the government. Rigging the composition of the JPC will only enable the government to rig the JPC,” a senior BJP leader said.