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Shourie said setting up of a JPC was "not a good idea" from the "point of view of citizens." What was needed, he said, was a swift investigation, trial and certain and severe punishment. The JPC, he said, "actually becomes an excuse (for the government) to say that we will not talk and let the JPC come out with its report." He was of the view that the BJP or the opposition would not benefit much politically as the mere fact that got the Government to order a JPC probe into the issue would not appeal much to the masses.