Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch on Thursday skipped the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) questioning and said she would not be able to attend it due to “personal exigencies”.
The crucial meeting of the Parliamentary panel was adjourned just hours before it was scheduled to start.
PAC chairman K C Venugopal said the committee decided to postpone Thursday’s meeting after a communication from SEBI expressing Buch’s inability to attend the meeting. Venugopal also said that Buch had earlier sought an exception from appearing before the PAC, but was denied, Indian Express reported.
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“The SEBI chairperson had sought an exception from appearing before the committee which we denied. After that, she has confirmed her and her officials’ presence in the committee. But today morning, at 9.30 am, we got a communication from the SEBI chairperson and other members that because of a personal exigency, she is not able to travel to Delhi. Considering it a request from a woman officer, we thought it would be better to postpone today’s meeting to another day,” Venugopal told reporters outside Parliament House Annexe.
VIDEO | Delhi: PAC chairperson K C Venugopal (@kcvenugopalmp) postpones the meeting after SEBI chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch informed the panel in morning that she will not be able to attend the meeting for some pressing reasons. pic.twitter.com/jw8mFLAbXF
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According to IE sources, it is learnt that SEBI had earlier written to the committee asking if the regulatory body could be represented by officials and whether it was necessary for the chairperson to be present. The panel, however, insisted that the chairperson should attend the meeting.
The PAC had summoned Madhabi Buch on Thursday for a review and functioning of SEBI amid allegations of conflict of interest levelled by US-based short-seller Hindenburg,
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