Natwar to press for privilege motion

New Delhi, Aug 7 (UNI) Former External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh, who was indicted along with his son Jagat Singh by the Pathak Inquiry Authority which went into corrupt Iraqi oil deals during the Saddam Hussein regime in 2001, today said he stood by his plan to press for a privilege motion against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the Rajya Sabha on the leak of the Pathak probe report.

As soon as the Rajya Sabha was adjourned to meet again at 1400 hrs, an embattled Natwar was mobbed by journalists while coming out of the Upper house.

Asked if he did not foresee expulsion from the Congress in the event of his moving a privilege motion, he said he would face it.

He said he would speak on the floor of the House when it reassembled at 1400 hrs.

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