This comes almost a week after EFF leader Julius Malema made public letters that showed an apparent interference by Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba in the granting of citizenship to the business family.
The letters in question showed that Gigaba, as then Home Affairs Minister, overruled a senior official's refusal to grant the Gupta family citizenship when they did not have five years physical residence in the country.
Gigaba has since defended his actions saying he had used the powers granted to him in his previous post, but the EFF has threatened to approach the courts to have the Gupta citizenship reversed.
Gigaba has also cried foul at the matter saying there is a campaign to tarnish his reputation and also attack his integrity.
On Monday, committee chairman Lemias Mashile said the committee wanted the Department to give the committee details about the saga.
"The matter is in the public domain. There are a lot of opinion makers following what the EFF has said," Mashile highlighted.
He added: "We want the department to give their position on the matter so that we don't continue to misinterpret things."
"Up to know we don't know and we want to understand so that we can be able to respond to what is being said,” he said.
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Home Affairs director-general Mkuseli Apleni is expected to give full details when they meet the committee.
DA's Haniff Hoosen, who last week requested Mashile to summon Gigaba to account before the committee, said he was cautiously optimistic the Department would come and defend their former political head.
In his letter to Mashile, Hoosen had stated that he was concerned that the Guptas received preferential citizenship from Gigaba when they did not qualify to become South African citizens.
"Knowing that Minister Gigaba maintains a suspiciously close relationship with the Guptas, their preferential citizenship must be explained.
"Gigaba must, therefore, be summoned to appear before the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs in Parliament under oath, in order to testify as to the record of decision for the Guptas’ preferential citizenship and his relationship with the Guptas," he said.
Hoosen further said he was yet to receive a response from Mashile on his request.
"The letter was sent to him the same day I issued the press statement. I still have to hear from the chairman," he said.
Hoosen also noted he was hopeful that Gigaba would appear before the committee to answer questions.
"If he does come, I intend to question him why he did not report his decision on the citizenship because he failed to report to parliament as required," he said.
But, Mashile said he could not have summoned Gigaba according to the DA's wishes.
“We don't work like that. I'm the chairman and I'm leading the committee,” he said.
“I can't summon a person when there is no decision to hold an inquiry," Mashile said.