Kolar Gold Fields (Karnataka): Defence Minister George Fernandes on August 20 maintained that the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) report on Defence deals would not be made public, but said he would favour it, if the government or the Parliament decided on making all such future reports public.

"I will not consider making it (CVC report) public unless there is going to be a decision, which government for that matter Parliament takes that, in future all reports must be made public. It is not a personal decision," Fernandes told reporters on the sidelines of a function at BEML (Bharat Earth Movers Ltd) in Bangalore.

Reiterating that the CVC report has been secret all these years, he indicated that changes were needed to be made in the official secrets act if any report is made public.

Fernandes said there was no embarrassment involved for anybody because of the report.

Asked whether August 19 suicide attack on the UN mission in Baghdad made India change its stand on sending troops to Iraq, he maintained that India would not send troops to Iraq and said, "There has not been any development which makes us send troops".

Fernandes said that he would meet Savita Gadgil of the Abhijit Foundation later this week to discuss her request for a maintenance audit of MiG squadrons in the Indian Air Force.

PTI