New Delhi: The Parliamentary Committee, which probed MPLADs scam, has recommended expulsion of four MPs till March 22, when the first phase of the Budget session will end, for 'improper conduct', but has advised against expulsion of any of them.
Their abstention from the House and Committees following a direction from Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on December 20 last year should be deemed to be their suspension from membership of the House, it said.
The report of the Parliamentary Committee was tabled in Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
In its report, the Committee, headed by V Kishore Chandra S Deo, held that the conduct of Churchil Alemao, Paras Nath Yadav, Faggan Singh Kulaste and Ramswaroop Koli was "not above board".
In its 51-page report, the Committee recommended only suspension and not expulsion as was done in the cash-for-query scam, saying the "improper conduct on their part did not strictly speaking relate to their Parliamentary duties and none of them was actually shown as accepting money".
The report states that the government should revise guidelines to plug the loopholes in the system and to initiate steps for laying guidelines and norms for sting operations.
The committee, however, reprimanded the MPs involved in the scam.
In the wake of Operation Chakravyuh (sting operation) shown on television, the Speaker had asked the members to stay away from the House till the inquiry was completed.
The Committee recommended that the Government suitably revise guidelines governing MPLADs with a view to plugging various loopholes and lacunae.
It asked the Government to initiate steps for laying guidelines and norms for sting operators.
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