India, Sept. 14 -- Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday said that no political party has written to him about boycotting the joint committee of Parliament to examine the three Bills that seek the removal of top Government functionaries arrested for 30 consecutive days on serious charges. At least four parties -- the Trinamool Congress, Samajwadi Party, Shiv Sena (UBT) and Aam Aadmi Party -- have declared that they will not be part of the committee, while the Congress is yet to open its cards on the issue.
"On the issue of JPC, no political party has communicated to me in writing on this subject," Birla told reporters in response to a question on Opposition parties boycotting the joint committee of Parliament on the three Bills. On the la...