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Should PM's Role In 2G Scam Be Probed?
By siliconindia
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Monday, 26 September 2011, 23:38 IST |
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PM Ignored Pranab Mukharjee's Warning
The PM and the government are currently battling hard to counter the note sent by Pranab Mukherjee's ministry to the Prime Minister's office that questions P Chidambaram's actions. Another letter by Mukherjee, discovered under the RTI act has added to woes of the Prime Minister.
In December 26, 2007, the then Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee as the head of GoM had written to the PM warning him of the consequences of an incorrect policy. Mukherjee had cautioned Singh on the problems of not adhering to a clear-cut strategy. He stressed that it was essential for the department of telecom (DoT) to issue the new norms immediately so that the spectrum allocation is done in a transparent manner. He made these observations 15 days before Raja made the controversial allocations of spectrum licences to private companies.
The Prime Minister chose to ignore the counsel and allowed the Telecom Ministry to act on its own whims.
