15 March, 2011 (English) - Bharatiya Janata Party

it was nearly 20,000 votes in Sonkutch. Both the seats had become traditional strongholds ofCongress. It was not easy to win. The victory on both the seats not only was a setback for Congressbut a message was also sent that the work of BJP is becoming all embracing with increasing supportamong SC/ST sections. It is to be noted that BJP State President Shri Prabhat Jha and MadhyaPradesh Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan are working tirelessly among the SC/ST andbackward sections with strong organizational work and effective implementation of the developmentworks initiated by the government.The Vananvasi Samman Yatra of Shivraj ji is being seen in this context. The victory of BJP inMadhya Pradesh and other States has re-kindled the hope of the people who now feel that the futureof BJP is bright. The victory of Trinamool Congress in Manipur whose candidate was supportedby BJP is also a welcome sign. Congress may refuse to learn lessons from the results of these byelectionsor even after being beaten in Bihar elections but the BJP should not become over-enthusiasticand over-confident. Accepting victory with humility BJP should continue working for the peopleas ever before. If BJP karyakartas prepare for coming elections with a sense of unity, collectivity andcoordination then the BJP will definitely form governments in many states. In 2014 Lok Sabhaelections also BJP can win seats as per its expectations. •March 1-15, 2011 6~~~~~~~☯☯☯~~~~~~~Govt. to setup JPC to probe 2G scamAccepting the Opposition demand, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Parliament onFebruary 22 announced the setting up of a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to look into the2G scam. Earlier unrelenting pressure from the Opposition and the report of the Comptroller andAuditor General (CAG) on the issue forced the then Union Communications Minister A Raja toquit the Union Cabinet on November 14 last year.There have been four investigative JPCs so far:• The first was instituted to inquire into the Bofors scam on a motion moved by then defenceminister KC Pant in the Lok Sabha on August 6, 1987. The Rajya Sabha endorsed it a weeklater. The committee, headed by B Shankaranand, held 50 sittings and gave its report onApril 26, 1988. Opposition parties boycotted the committee on the ground that it waspacked with Congress members. The JPC report was tabled in Parliament, but it wasrejected by the Opposition.• The second investigative JPC, headed by former Union minister and senior Congressleader Ram Niwas Mirdha, was set up to probe Irregularities in Securities and BankingTransactions in the aftermath of the Harshad Mehta scandal. The motion was moved bythen minister for parliamentary affairs Ghulam Nabi Azad in the Lok Sabha on August6, 1992. The Rajya Sabha concurred with it the next day. The recommendations of the JPCwere neither accepted in full nor implemented.• The third investigative JPC was assigned to probe the market scam. Then parliamentaryaffairs minister Pramod Mahajan piloted a motion in the Lok Sabha on April 26, 2001, toput it in place. Senior BJP member Lt Gen Prakash Mani Tripathi (retd.) was named thechairman. The committee held 105 sittings and gave its report on December 19, 2002. Thecommittee recommended sweeping changes in stock market regulations.• The last JPC was set up in August 2003 to look into pesticide residues in soft drinks, fruitjuice and other beverages and to set safety standards. The committee, headed by NCPPresident Sharad Pawar, held 17 sittings and submitted its report to Parliament onFebruary 4, 2004. The report confirmed that soft drinks did have pesticide residues andrecommended stringent norms for drinking water. •