The promotion of Jayanthi Natarajan as Union Minister has created a piquant situation for the Congress as the UPA will lose a majority in the crucial Public Accounts Committee (PAC).
Jayanthi quit from the PAC and now a fresh election has to be held for the body whose report on 2G has been held up due to proper voting and passage. Her resignation should gladden the hearts of the NDA and the Opposition which will join hands to ensure that the UPA loses in the election. It was her one vote that had ensured that the Murli Manohar Joshi's report got got rejected and created a political crisis in the body.
The Congress will have to seek the support of the SP, BSP or the AIADMK and other such allies who have been unhappy with it for some time.
The Congress is likely to propose the name of Oscar Fernandes. But it does not have a majority in the Rajya Sabha where the UPA is hopelessly short of 30 in a house of 240. The Congress leadership did not realise this when it picked up Jayanthi Natrajan for the ministry.
The Left parties, the SP and AIADMK are allies and even if the Congress gets the BSP on its side, it won't be able to win the PAC seat in the contest.
