Cong, BJP lock horns at PAC meeting

Congress member Sanjay Nirupam raised the issue even as the PAC meeting,  called to discuss the CAG report on Land and Development of the Ministry of Urban Development, was drawing to a close and some members had already left.

Nirupam had reportedly said though the last meeting of the panel was held in good spirit, there were reports in the press that the PAC chairperson had not been allowed to speak and was heckled by the Congress members.

Hell broke loose when Joshi intervened to say Congress members had already stated they had no faith in the Chair and had been attacking the Chair in every meeting in the recent past. This led to an altercation between the Congress and the BJP, with the BJD and Shiv Sena joining in.