2 G scam : Three musketeers : Raja, Momohan, Chidambaram : Whose hand ??

2G scam: 
Raja names PM, Chidamabaram in Court
Source: Agencies   |   Last Updated 18:20(25/07/11) || Daily Bhaskar.

New Delhi: Former telecom minister A. Raja on Monday sought to drag Prime Minister Manmohan Singh into the 2G spectrum case, prompting the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to seek his and Home Minister P Chidambaram's resignation and the Congress joining the war of words.

Appearing before the special court of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) presided over by Judge OP Saini, Raja's lawyer said 2G spectrum transactions were approved by then finance minister P Chidambaram in the presence of the prime minister.

"Telenor buying a stake in Unitech Wireless and Etisalat buying a stake in DB Realty -- the finance minister approved it in the presence of the prime minister," Raja's counsel Sushil Kumar told the court. 

"Let the PM deny it," the counsel told the judge, referring to the particular time in 2007-08 when Chidambaram was finance minister. "If policies pursued by me were wrong, then all former telecom ministers since 1993 should also be in jail with me," he added.

"As telecom minster Arun Shourie distributed 26 licences, Dayanidhi Maran distributed 25 and I distributed 122. Numbers make no difference. It is to be noted that that none of them auctioned the spectrum. If they had done no wrong, why am I being questioned?"

Courtesy : Daily Bhaskar.This is published in the National interest and under citizen's responsibility for awareness generation programme. 

Govt. is not serious enough for Lokpal Bill. Don't try to make Lokpal as Jokepal : Anna Hazare.

Draft Lokpal Bill a joke, Anna tells Manmohan

U Anand Kumar || Express News Service || Last Updated : 19 Jul 2011 08:12:43 AM IST

NEW DELHI: Terming the government’s draft Lokpal Bill as a joke played on the nation, social activist Anna Hazare on Monday informed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about his decision to go on an indefinite fast from August 16 unless the government introduces an effective Lokpal Bill in Parliament by Independence Day.

In a three-page letter to the Prime Minister, Hazare said the government has to take steps against corruption. Pointing out the deficiencies in the government’s Lokpal Bill, he said the government should not present a Bill in Parliament without addressing those issues. Hazare demanded that the Jan Lokpal Bill be brought in Parliament for discussion. He said, “We want our version to be introduced in Parliament. If you send a weak bill, what will you discuss?” 

Listing the scams which came to light recently such as the Adarsh scam, Commonwealth Games scam, Taj corridor scam and cash-for-vote scam, Hazare said none of these will come under the ambit of the Lokpal.

He said the scope of the draft is so confined that it does not address corruption faced by the common man. Hazare dared the government to crush his agitation as it did in the case of Baba Ramdev and said his team is ready to make bigger sacrifices.

“It is our constitutional right to protest, so when the government says it will crush our andolan like Ramdev’s, it is not right. We are ready to get arrested and be beaten up but we have had enough of corruption,” Hazare said.
Courtesy : Express News Service.This is published in the National interest and under citizen's responsibility for awareness generation programme. 

Talking against black money & corruption is not crime, but people's rights.

Nitin Gadkari wedged a severe attack on Manmohan Sing over his statements during the meet with select editors

Is it a crime to talk against black money & corruption ? – Gadkari asks PM

Source: News Bharati | Date: 6/29/2011 9:39:54 PM | eNews Bharati.

New Delhi, June 29 : The BJP president Gadkari today launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the views aired by him during his interaction with select editors, terming him as “failed” economist. Taking strong objection to the PM’s remarks on Baba Ramdev & Ramleela ground incident, he asked the PM, “is it a crime in India to talk against black money & corruption?” Also referring to the fuel price hike, he quipped that the congress government does not want the common man to live.

The BJP president, reacting to the Prime Ministers select press meet on Tuesday, said that the quandary the government is currently in, is of its own making.

Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Nitin Gadkari took strong exception to PM’s allegation that the Opposition is ‘not cooperating’ and instead alleged that the government did not consult them before starting parleys with the civil society over Lokpal bill.

He said, “We were not taken into confidence and now when they are in a fix, they remember us and accuse us of noncooperation.”

Gadkari said that the BJP will take a stand (on the Lokpal Bill) after it is tabled in Parliament.

Referring to PM’s statement that the Ramdev episode was unfortunate but unavoidable, Gadkari said, “Is it a crime to talk against black money and corruption? When the people, by and large, had not taken single stone in their hands, then why did the police attack them? Is this good for democracy?”

He quipped further, “The PM should explain why such an action was taken. Government ministers go to the airport to escort Ramdev and within four days your people call him thug? Now they say that same will happen with Anna Hazare. The Prime Minister and Sonia Gandhi should explain what type of democracy they want in the country,” the BJP president added.

On the issue of the government’s perceived failure to check rise on prices of essential commodities, Gadkari said, “The economist PM has failed in the examination.”

Referring the recent fuel price hike, Gadkari said the move was unwarranted for, and could have been avoided. He said that the LPG prices should not have been hiked as the prices are exorbitant & are going out of reach of the common man.

He opined that inflation is high because of wrong economic policies of the government. “Rs 70 thousand crores worth of food grain is rotting. Why can’t the government distribute it to the poor?” he asked.

(Readers can access the official transcript of Prime Minister's talk with the select editors by clicking here.)