Allegation against P Chidambaram for winning Election by fraudulent manner and utter corruption.

Madras High Court rejects Chidambaram plea against case challenging his 2009 election

Chennai || 4th August 2011 || Agencies || Indian Express : In a setback for Home Minister P Chidambaram, the Madras High Court on Thursday dismissed his plea against a petition that had challenged his election to the Lok Sabha in 2009.

The petition, challenging his election, was filed by AIADMK's R S Raja Kannappan who had lost to him from the Sivaganga constituency by just 3,354 votes.

In his application, Chidambaram had contended there were some defects in the petition filed by Kannappan.

Chidambaram had claimed the High Court registry had noted the defects when the petition was filed by Kannappan.

Dismissing Chidambaram's application, Justice K Venkatraman said, “There cannot be any doubt that an election petition filed with defects – which cannot be curable – cannot be considered as an election petition at the end. However, in the case in hand, the defects pointed out by the officer concerned are not defects which are not curable warranting dismissal of the election petition.”

he judge said he was of the considered view that the application preferred by Chidambaram “is liable to be rejected and accordingly rejected”.

Kannappan in his petition filed on June 25, 2009 alleged that Chidambaram's election 'deserved' to be declared void due to 'manipulation' of votes and 'corrupt practices' committed by him, his election agents and others, with his consent.

He had also sought recounting of votes polled in the entire constituency, particularly in the Alangudi Assembly segment.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa during her visit to New Delhi in June last had sought the resignation of Chidambaram alleging that he got himself elected to the Parliament by 'fraudulent' means.

She had alleged Chidambaram was announced the successful candidate because of a fraud committed by a data entry operator, but the Union Minister hit back saying her remarks were 'gross contempt of court'.

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?"

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Kapil Sibal defends that P Chidambaram had no role in 2G.

2G scam: Kapil Sibal defends P Chidambaram, says he had no role.

PTI / Friday, July 8, 2011 18:48 IST /eDNA.

Coming to the defence of home minister P Chidambaram, the government today insisted that the former telecom minister had "no role anywhere" in the second-generation (2G) mobile telephony spectrum allocation controversy and demands for his resignation were a "conspiracy" against him.

The government also justified the fact that minutes of a meeting between Chidambaram and the then telecom minister A Raja had not been recorded, saying it was not required."The demand for Chidambaram's resignation is a conspiracy. Chidambaram had no role anywhere. Whatever and whenever decisions he took, he did so after consultations," telecom minister Kapil Sibal told reporters in Delhi.He was responding when asked BJP's contention that Chidambaram had a role in the 2G spectrum allocation and should resign.Parliamentary affairs minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, who was also present, claimed that Chidambaram had never recommended to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that start-up spectrum should be treated as a 'closed chapter" and there was some confusion regarding it."His comments were about additional spectrum charges," he maintained.On the minutes of meeting between Chidambaram and Raja not being recorded, Bansal argued, "The meeting was not such where the situation warranted preparation of any minutes... The meeting was not required to record minutes."He said it was not a structured meeting like a cabinet meeting or GoM where the minutes are prepared immediately after. "There are several occasions where two ministers meet even to discuss a specific issue but minutes are not made."

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Lok Pal Trail : Lokpal Bill in Monsoon Session : How ??

Govt confident of introducing Lokpal Bill in Monsoon Session 
Source: PTI  || Date: 7/4/2011 4:02:54 PM || eNews Bharati.

New Delhi, Jul 4 (PTI) : With majority of political parties batting for Parliamentary supremacy on the Lokpal Bill, government today expressed confidence that a consensus will emerge on the issue and the draft legislation would be introduced in Parliament in the upcoming Monsoon Session.

"We are very happy with the outcome of the all party meeting yesterday...we are confident we can take the process forward to bring the Bill in the Monsoon Session and pass it as soon as possible," Home Minister P Chidambaram said here.

He pointed out that yesterday's all party meeting called by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh emphasised the primacy of the Parliamentary process and the role of political parties to pilot and approve legislations.

Chidambaram's remarks reflected a sense of relief in the government which was so far battling the civil society led by Anna Hazare on the Lokpal issue alone while receiving flak from Opposition parties on the issue of corruption.

"We will therefore bring a Bill in the monsoon session of Parliament. That Bill will be examined. Every effort will be made to pass the Bill at the earliest. But that will depend on the members of Parliament and their desire to follow established procedures," Chidambaram said.

Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal made it very clear that the government had promised to bring the Lokpal Bill in the Parliament in the Monsoon Session but there was no commitment on the timeline of passing the same.

"We had said we are committed to bringing the Bill in the monsoon session. We never said it will be passed in the monsoon session," Sibal said.

The Minister also said that two parties which took part in the all party meeting suggested that the Bill could be passed in the Winter Session.

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