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The reason for the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament being headed by a member of the opposition party in the Lok Sabha is
Answer b.
The answer is (b) Convention. No rule or law requires an opposition chairman; it is a settled practice. The Public Accounts Committee examines the audit reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General and the accounts of the Government. Since the late 1960s its chairman has been chosen from the main opposition party in the Lok Sabha. No article of the Constitution and no rule of procedure demands this; it is a parliamentary convention that has been followed continuously. The aim is that the body checking government spending is not led by the government's own side.
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