Now, Cong, AAP not inclined to join JPC
New Delhi, Aug. 25 -- The Congress on Sunday expressed unwillingness to be part of the joint parliamentary committee (JPC) to look into three bills seeking removal of ministers accused of serious crime and incarcerated for 30 days, after allies Trinamool Congress, Samajwadi Party and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) decided to boycott the panel. Congress general secretary and Rajya Sabha chief whip Jairam Ramesh said the party is "disinclined" to join the JPC that is likely to be set up soon comprising 31 lawmakers - 21 from the Lok Sabha and 10 from the Rajya Sabha - to examine the Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill, the Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill, and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill.
On Sunday, the AAP targeted the BJP-led Centre over the proposed Constitution amendment bill, alleging it was aimed at jailing Opposition leaders in false cases and destabilising elected governments. AAP's Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh said the bill had "nothing to do with fighting corruption" and was instead "intended to topple governments, break parties, indulge in horse-trading, trap opposition leaders in false cases, send them to jail and force their resignations." "Therefore, we will not participate in this JPC," he added. Taking a swipe at the BJP's alleged ties with tainted leaders, Singh said: "Top BJP leadership and the corrupt share a love story as legendary as Laila-Majnu, Heer-Ranjha and Romeo-Juliet." He cited examples of leaders facing graft charges who later joined the BJP, questioning the government's credibility in bringing an anti-corruption law. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav took a jibe at Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath....
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