Wednesday, April 20 2005 11:22 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: National Democratic Alliance (NDA) today (Apr 20, 2005) demanded tabling of reports of the Phukan Commission and the Central Vigilance Committee (CVC) on arms procurement during the Kargil conflict and said it would not disrupt Parliament proceedings on the issue.

"We have written to presiding officers of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. However, we want the Phukan Commission report as also the CVC report to be tabled before any discussion on the issue in Parliament," Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesman V K Malhotra told reporters after a meeting of NDA leaders chaired by leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha L K Advani.

To a question whether the NDA would disrupt the proceedings in Parliament over the issue, he said, "We are not going to do it."

The 30-minute meeting was attended by NDA convenor George Fernandes and other leaders of the opposition alliance.

Malhotra said the NDA members were of the opinion that it was imperative for the reports to be tabled in Parliament prior to any discussion.

He said Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee too had been amenable to the NDA's suggestion in this regard.

Fernandes, meanwhile, replying to a query, said, "We would allow Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee to make statements in the House."

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader K Yerrannaidu, Trinamool Congress leader Dinesh Trivedi, BJP leaders Jaswant Singh, Sushma Swaraj and S S Ahluwalia were also present at the meeting.