PAC, CAG hit out at Sibal, say remarks ‘improper’

The PAC meetings on the 2G Spectrum Audit Report began on December 27, 2010 and are continuing. While placing the entire issue in "proper perspective", CAG said that under Article 151 of the Constitution, the auditor submits its report to the President who causes them to be laid before each House of Parliament. The audit report on the issue of licences and allocation of 2G spectrum by the Telecom Department was placed in Parliament on November 16, 2010. "Once the report has been placed on the Table of the House, it becomes a public document," CAG said, adding thereafter its officials held a press conference to explain the findings to the media.

The practice of holding press conferences after the submission of the report, it added, was being followed since 1980s. "In this case, the press conference for briefing the media on the audit report on the issue of licences and allocation of 2-G spectrum was held by Rekha Gupta, Dy CAG in the office after 3 PM on November 16, 2010, itself, after the report was placed in Parliament," it said. The report, CAG added, was simultaneously placed on the official website of the auditor.

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