Manmohan Singh doesn’t seem to mind.
It is sad/funny(depend on how you look at it) that while fixing up of Cabinet berths , allocation 2 G Spectrum etc.Radia doesn’t seem to mention Manmohan Singh’s Name at all , though he is supposed to be deciding authority.
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The apex court was anguished over the tone and tenor of Raja‘s letter to the Prime Minister wherein words like “unfair, discriminatory, capricious and arbitrary” were used.
“The decorum required that the language must be polite and temperate,” a bench comprising Justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly said, adding that “it amounted to showing disrespect to the highest political authority of the country.”
The court was hearing petitions seeking cancellation of spectrum allocated during the tenure of Raja as telecom minister.
The bench was referring to the letter written by Raja on December 26, 2007 in which he “bypassed” and “overruled” the Prime Minister’s advice to defer the allocation of 2G spectrum by a few days.
“The expressions in the letter are very objectionable,” the bench said, noting, “Even when you are writing to someone senior in age you have to be respectful. Unless you have learned a different language”.
The bench asked, “Is the minister (Raja) saying that the Prime Minister’s suggestions are arbitrary, unfair and capricious”.
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