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Onkar Singh in Delhi
The government is likely to order a judicial inquiry to investigate the issues arising from the Tehelka.com exposé.
Bharatiya Janata Party sources told rediff.com on Friday morning that the inquiry will be headed by a sitting Supreme Court judge who will have the power to ask for the Central Bureau of Investigation's assistance if needed.
The decision will be announced after the Cabinet meeting on Friday afternoon.
On Wednesday evening, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pramod Mahajan had hinted at this when he told rediff.com: "I am not that naive to think that they (the Opposition) will allow me a departmental inquiry. Three types of inquiries exist: A judicial inquiry with a sitting judge in the chair; something under the Commission of Inquiry Act. I don't think a CVC or CBI inquiry will be asked for. It has to be an independent inquiry, independent of the Executive. However, the CBI and CVC are independent, but they are organs of the Executive. For us, for this agni pariksha we don't want any inquiry which can be dubbed partisan."
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