Will a Joint Parliamentary Committee help to untangle the telecom mess?

A clear majority of respondents feels a JPC will indeed crack the 2G spectrum scam. Despite the investigations already on - one by the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament, another by the Central Bureau of Investigation, overseen by the Supreme Court - they feel a JPC will be more effective.

This is despite the mixed track record of earlier JPCs. There have been four in the past, formed to probe respectively the Bofors kickbacks, the Harshad Mehta scam, the Securities scam and the pesticides in soft drinks controversy. None of them made any earthshaking revelations.