Subramanian Swamy : Chidambaram should step down from Parliamentary panel

Subramanian Swamy : Chidambaram should step down from Parliamentary panel

NEW DELHI: BJP MP Subramanian Swamy today demanded that senior Congress leader P Chidambaram should be relieved as Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs as he was being "investigated" by the CBI.      

Swamy raised the issue through a point of order after Deputy Chairman P J Kurien called Chidambaram to lay on the table, a copy of the panel's report on border security.      

As Chidambaram was not present, another committee member, Majeed Memon, did the job. Swamy, however, said if Chairman of a parliamentary committee is being investigated by CBI, he should not take up the post.