Adhir to depose before House panel on Aug 30

The Congress party's floor leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who was suspended from the Lok Sabha on August 10 pending a probe by the privileges committee, will depose before the panel on August 30, according to officials aware of the matter.

- Saubhadra Chatterji

The Lok Sabha privileges committee met on Friday to discuss the case against Chowdhury, and though the charges against him are serious, the people cited above suggested he could be reinstated soon owing to his stature as a senior parliamentarian.

"The House panel will try to give its report as quickly as possible. Chowdhury was suspended from the Lok Sabha on August 10 and the privileges panel held its first meeting on the issue in just eight days. The panel will meet again on August 30 and it might be the last meeting on this subject," said a senior Parliament official who asked not to be named.