Jaswanth sticks to his guns

Hyderabad, Oct 10 :

 Standing  firm on the  decision  not to  step  down  from  the  chairmanship of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) , Jaswanth  Singh, the former  Bharitya  Janata party leader  said. "I am not. This cannot be a decision that the party can take because the determination of the post and the decision is that of the Lok Sabha speaker and not of a political party," Jaswanth told at a meet-the-press programme of the Andhra Pradesh Union of Working Journalists (APUWJ) here on Saturday. I don’t crave for any post, he further  added. BJP argues that parliamentary principles require that Jaswant Singh, who has been expelled from the party, has to step down to maintain the dignity of the office.

The party  justified  its demand on the ground that if the party had not nominated Singh for the position the Speaker would not have appointed Jaswant Singh for the job. Setting  aside  all the  reasons  put forth by  the BJP, Jaswanth reasserted that he would not quit the Chairmanship of the PAC. Speaking  about his   future  plans  Jaswanth  said ''I intend  to  spend  the  fag  end  of my life  fighting against   corruption in all walks of life, work for peace between India and Pakistan and bring the  Hindu-Muslim community together  to live in peace.