Wednesday, August 9 2006 09:45 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: Wielding the axe, Congress yesterday (Aug 8,2006) night suspended Natwar Singh, indicted by the Pathak Inquiry Authority in Iraqi oil scam, from primary membership of the party for misusing his position to get oil contracts and a show cause notice will be used asking him why he should not be expelled from the party.

The decision to suspend the 75-year-old Singh was taken after a 90-minute meeting of Congress Disciplinary Action Committee and announced by Defence Ministrer Pranab Mukherjee, one of the members of the committee.

The decision came a day after the report of the Pathak Inquiry Authority was placed in Parliament along with the report of the Government which accepted all th e findings of the Authority.