Suspend MPs involved in MPLAD scam: Committee

New Delhi, Mar 14: The Parliament Committee which inquired into the scam relating to the MPs Local Area Development (MPLADs) has recommended the suspension of four Lok Sabha MPs till March 22.

The report of the seven-member committee, headed by Mr V Kishore Chandra S Deo, also suggested that the four MPs -- Alemao Churchill (Cong), Paras Nath Yadav (SP), Faggan Singh Kulaste (BJP) and Ramswaroop Koli(BJP) -- may be reprimanded.

The committee did not take up the allegations against BJP'S Mr Chandra Pratap Singh, who also faced charges of corruption in the MPLAD scheme, as he had already been expelled from the Lok Sabha in the cash-for-question scam in which 11 MPs -- 10 of Lok Sabha and one of Rajya Sabha -- were stripped of their membership of the House.

The MPLADs scam was exposed in a sting operation, code-named ''Operation Chakravyuh'' which was aired by Star News TV Channel on January 25.

The committee further recommended that the government may suitably revise the guidelines governing MPLADS with a view to plug various loopholes and lacunae.

It also asked the government to lay guidelines and norms for sting operations.

UNI