After outrage, Parliamentary committee on tobacco warnings met today sans BJP's beedi baron SC Gupta. The panel still wants "evidence" on tobacco-cancer link. The Congress has admitted to its "mistake" in putting tobacco baron Praful Patel on Cabinet panel on tobacco during UPA tenure. On The Buck Stops Here, we debate: have both the Congress and the BJP surrendered to the tobacco lobby? And why doesn't the health minister act on Harsh Vardhan's recommendations on 85 per cent pictorial warning since the Parliamentary panel's advice is not binding?
