We are aware that there were irregularities , lobbying ,hand-greasing, that too at Rs.186,000 Crore and an effort to suppress the Truth behind the 2g Spctrum
Swindle.
We also know the top of the Congress were involved.
Raja and Kanimozhi went to jail and have come back.
We do not know what else the ‘the unsigned note contained.
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In an interview to Times Now, 2G scam main accused A Raja said that the UPA government had let him down. Speaking to the channel he said that there is no evidence against him. Instead he attacked the PM and said that Manmohan Singh was silent and did not accept the PMO recommendations. “It must be fair to say that issues enumerated by the CBI and CAG were not presented by the government in front of appropriate forums,” Raja said. When asked whether Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram should be questioned in the case, Raja said that it was upto the CBI to question them. “The CBI should decided who should be called and who should not be called for questioning in the 2G scam case,” he said. Raja also said that there was a parallel case which was not taken up by the CBI or the CAG. “Unsigned note was given to PM by telecom corporates regarding spectrum auction and how subscriber criteria can be devised,” he said. OneIndia News
“The finding in the judgment that the state is duty bound to conduct a public auction whenever it distributes natural resources, such that said resources always go to the highest bidder, is contrary to the principle in the Constitution and various legislations which prescribe various alternative method of distributing natural resources, including the policy of first-come-first served,” the plea said…
The government’s petition filed under Article 137 of the Constitution contended that the Supreme Court verdict of February 2 “is liable to be reviewed since there are errors which are apparent on the face of the record.”
The petition said: “The court would further have had to consider that as the urban market is already captured by existing telecom providers, there is a need to induct new telecom service providers who would provide service in semi urban and rural areas,” it said.
The petition further said: “The court failed to appreciate that in order to facilitate tele density it was necessary to offer at competitive rates thereby allowing millions of rural and semi urban consumers to gain access to telecom services.”
It also maintained that the apex court’s prescription of a single method for distribution of all natural resources, including spectrum, through the “auction” route was contrary to the principle of separation of powers embodied in the Constitution….
“The impugned judgment is, with the greatest respect, internally contradictory as it holds the policy was flawed because it did not adhere to the principles of equality, while acknowledging that the policy was based on the twin principles of level playing field between different players, as well as including the need to promote affordability and increase penetration of wireless services in semi-urban and rural areas, both of which promote the principle of equality,” the petition said.
The Supreme Court, if one were to read the judgement carefully does not totally rule out the FCFS principle, but has passed this order in this case as the even the FCFS principle was observed to suit the Companies and to fill in the pocket of the Politicians and A.Raja.
First come first served Policy-in how many instances has it been followed and with what results?
The purpose of Tendering is to have available options to determine the best.
In the FCFS, how does one find that out and by what yard stick?
By the ability of the Companies to bribe?
The Supreme Court has interfered in the 2 G case at corruption has come to light-that too corruption at astronomical proportions.
True the Court does not have the power to usurp or interfere with the Executive.
But when the Executive is Corrupt and is mending laws to suit the personal aggrandizement of the Politicians-by even holding meetings among Ministers with our-notes, calling them,’paperless decisions’ and sets impossible terms for genuine participants in the tendering processes by asking to remit money to the tune of Crores as EMD with in a couple hours,the Court has every right to dictate to the Executive..
The statement that only FCFS alone will ensure Teledensity is laughable.
Another ridiculous part of the Review petition is that the Companies have to invest more in the case of Tenders and it will become unviable to run the Service effectively and the Common man will be affected.
How and why does the Tendering Authority worried about the economics of the companies participating in the Tender?
Do they not know that none will quote if the project is not viable.
The Government, by filing the Review Petition has more than tipped its intentions of burying the 2 G investigation.
The inward flow to Kalaignar TV is from DB Realty-Kusegaon vegetables-Cineyug-Kalaignar TV.
Return of the ‘Loan’ is still more curious.
Note the amount retained by each company while transferring to the other company.
Why are they retained?
Again Anjugam pictures, if I recall, is an old( about 35 years) company of Karunanidhi Company which produced films,now more or less extinct.
Why is this money being transferred to this Company?
Return of the ‘Loan’ shall reveal interesting details like ‘Veeranam Scam ‘ and other scams of Karunanidhi.
Anjugam pictures was used as a conduit for bribes way back in Sixties.
Read my blogs under’Corruption’.
The money trail in the 2G telecom spectrum scam has led the Income Tax Department to 19 “non-genuine” companies in Kolkata allegedly used by Kalaignar TV to return Rs 230 crore to Cineyug, taken as “loan“, after a probe was initiated into it.
During its probe into the spectrum allocation scam, the I-T Department zeroed in on 19 companies based in Kolkata that were allegedly used to pay Rs 52.20 crore to Kalaignar TV, in which DMK MP Kanimozhi had a 20 per cent stake, a recent report of the department said.
The money from these companies was transferred to Saphire Media and Infrastructure Limited, which gave a Rs 83 crore loan to Anjugam Films Private Limited, which again forwarded Rs 69.61 crore as a loan to Kalaignar TV to pay Rs 230.31 crore to Karim Morani-owned Cineyug Media and Entertainment as repayment of its Rs 200 crore “loan”.
‘ CBI has discovered, “the said amount of Rs 200 crore was transferred by M/s Dynamix Realty to various DB group companies that includes M/s DB Realty Limited, M/s Nihar Constructions Private Limited, M/s Eversmile Construction Private Limited, and M/s Conwood Construction and Developers Private Limited, immediately after it received the same from M/s Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Private Limited during December 2010 to February 2011.” ‘
While the Media attention is focused on Raja and co for the scam, the beneficiaries,especially Reliance Industries seems to go unnoticed(?) by the Media.
Seems that media is being selective and the Government and the Opposition have selective amnesia.
You can not bite the hand that feeds.
Story:
DoT issued UASL licenses to Datacom (now renamed as Videocon Telecommunications) to roll out pan – India telecom services, along with free spectrum of 4.4 mega hertz. It was clear that Datacom never had requisite resources to roll out its services on its own. It has therefore concocted a unique way to deceive the Government.
On paper and publicly, Datacom Solutions was always disclosed to be a joint venture between Videocon Group owned by Dhoots and HFCL Group owned by Mr. Nahata and Maloo.
A. Datacom availed illegal benefits aggregating Rs. 17,600 Crores-undue favours by DoT
Background – Order of the Hon’ble Supreme Court
The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, vide its order dated 10lh February, 2011 allowed time upto 1st March, 2011, for CBI to submit as to what action has been taken against the beneficiaries of alleged telecom sector irregularities, who prima facie appear to have conspired for causing loss to public revenue.
Datacom was issued telecom licenses at the price of 2001
Datacom, now called Videacon Communications, was issued 21 UAS Licenses.CAG report dated 8th November, 2010 observed that the aggregate loss caused to the national exchequer by issue of 122 new UAS Licenses in 2008 at 2001 price was Rs, 1,02,498 crore.
(Refer Para No. 4.7 page No. 37-42 of CAG Report dated 8th November, 2010)
As per CAG calculations, the loss to public exchequer on account of issue of licenses and allotment of spectrum attributable to Datacom is over Rs. 17,600 crore…..
A. Datacom availed illegal benefits aggregating Rs. 17,600 Crores-undue favours by DoT
Background – Order of the Hon’ble Supreme Court
The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, vide its order dated 10lh February, 2011 allowed time upto 1st March, 2011, for CBI to submit as to what action has been taken against the beneficiaries of alleged telecom sector irregularities, who prima facie appear to have conspired for causing loss to public revenue.
Datacom was issued telecom licenses at the price of 2001
Datacom, now called Videacon Communications, was issued 21 UAS Licenses.CAG report dated 8th November, 2010 observed that the aggregate loss caused to the national exchequer by issue of 122 new UAS Licenses in 2008 at 2001 price was Rs, 1,02,498 crore.
(Refer Para No. 4.7 page No. 37-42 of CAG Report dated 8th November, 2010)
As per CAG calculations, the loss to public exchequer on account of issue of licenses and allotment of spectrum attributable to Datacom is over Rs. 17,600 crore.
B. Oswal Agro Group, which was not part of the initial application, was made 10% equity holder – which contributed over 92% of the net worth
Datacom per-se did not have the requisite net worth to meet the eligibility criteria and was ineligible for issuance of UASL. However, after making the application for the license, Datacom issued 10% equity to Oswal Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited of Oswal Agro Group.
The shareholding pattern submitted by Datacom to DoT was as under (Refer Annexure 1):
It is shocking that the shareholding of Oswal Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited was only 10% but its networth used for the purpose of meeting eligibility criteria was 92.2%…
Dayanidhi Maran vehemently denied , in the wake of SUNTV-SUN-DTH Aircel scam, that he or his family had never gained any thing during his tenure as Telecom Minister.
Facts seem to be other wise.
Meanwhile a PIL has been filed against Dayanidhi Maran.
“It appears that former telecommunications minister Dayanidhi Maran, Rajathi Ammal and Dayalu Ammal (former Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi‘s wives) have not been investigated properly,” Bhushan told DNA. “The affidavit has been filed to bring it to the notice of the court the facts that never saw the light of the day.”
A report aired by Times Now channel alleged that Maran had misused his powers when he was Telecom Minister. According to the IPO prospectus published by Sun TV on Apr 16, 2006, the company intended to enter the telecom sector, which was then controlled by Maran. The report alleged that the Sun TV, which is controlled by Dayanidhi Maran’s brother Kalanidhi Maran, gained several benefits as Dayanidhi Maran’s names appeared in promoters list.
Earlier while denying the allegations of secret BSNL telephone exchange, Maran said that he “have not done any thing wrong and not benefited anyone” during his tenure as a Telecom minister. But the latest reports clearly shows that Sun TV entered to Telecom sector during the period Maran, who held the telecom ministry from 2004 to 2007.
Further contradicting Maran’s claim, the report added that Astro All Asia Networks (owned by Maxis) invested Rs 600 crores and announced joint venture with Sun TV in Apr 2007, when Maran was the Telecom Minister. Maxis gained telecom license for Aircel after investing in Sun TV.
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