While Karunanidhi has become a Super Judge and been picking up mathematical holes in Jayalalithaa Assets case, forgetting the 2 G Scam, involving ₹1766.45 billion (US$28 billion)g his daughter, his A.Raja and the others, the Home Ministry of India is contemplating not to renew the licence to SUN TV Network for its involvement in the 2 G Spectrum scam.
SUN Network Logo.
For threadbare expose of of the spectrum scam, including Radia, Kanimozhi Jaffer Sait Tapes,PMO Documents please check under Corruption, Radia Tapes.
I stopped writing on the scams as I was fed up.
I am posting this lest Karunanidhi and Co may not feel people have forgotten it .
Let him not talk of Morality .
“New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry may not grant licence to Kalanithi Maran-promoted Sun TV Network’s group companies for alleged involvement of its owners in 2G spectrum scam and Aircel Maxis cases before various courts and investigating agencies.
The stand is likely to be communicated to the Information and Broadcasting Ministry as Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley had written a letter to Home MinisterRajnath Singh on the issue, official sources said in New Delhi.
The company operates 45 radio channels under the brand name Suryan FM in Tamil Nadu and Red FM in rest of the country.
The Home Ministry said the company and its owners were allegedly involved in 2G scam, alleged bungling in Aircel-Maxis deal as well as running an “illegal” connections of telephones used for uploading their content, the sources said.
The company of Kalanithi, who is the brother of former union minister Dayanidhi Maran, had sought renewal of licence of its radio channels from one phase to another.
Under the switchover of phase, the company could operate more channels in the same bandwidth.’
The Cavalcade of the patriarch,Nine Cars in number( this man is a self-styled Rationalist,Atheist,wears a shawl, to appease the Planet, Jupiter,always does things in the auspicious number of Guru(Jupiter),drops his Angavastram( a small towel on his shoulder before leaving Home and touches the ground while picking it up, symbolically prostrating before the Temple at the side of his house), wends its way to his Home in a posh locality of Chennai, where, as usual hangers-on throng, with two Police sentries. who do not know how to use a Rifle stand guard.
Mera Bharat Mahan.
He enters, with his entourage, to a Hall, where the Photo of his mother ,his mentor, who he stabbed in his back many a times in his back, his political arch rival, who is no more,whom he declared dead when he was alive, the current Power center at Delhi).
As usual he is surrounded by his PA, a man against whom corruption charges rage,his son, the CM in waiting and an ex Minister whose qualification is Mimicry.
The son picks up the phone dials, flicks on the Speaker mode,
As it rings, the patriarch’s, wife, one of many, crosses the room with a Tray containing Puja materials to the Temple adjacent to his house, to pray for the good news from Delhi( This temple opens and closes at this Man’s whims)
‘Hello, Madam, there, Doctor from Chennai wants to speak’ ( Doctorate obtained by forcing the University to grant him, when he was in power and in the function to confer him the doctorate,students have died agitating in Police firing).
‘Ek minute”
Hello Ji, Aap Kaise hai’ ( from Delhi)
Patriarch.
“Namaste, Good Morning'( the Patriarch can speak halting english and has working Knowledge of Hindi, tough he is an avowed enemy of Hindi and Sanskrit)
Brother will speak( He has this habit of calling every one Brother, including his son).
He will talk to you, tell your Father to accommodate,
By the Way, how is your stepsister, Problems Nai Hai Na?
Convey my enquiries to your cousin and good Night’
Patriarch,
What is this?
Why talk about your sister?
Is her bail safe?
Why mention Cousin?
I will go to the other house and call me when Bassher lands at Airport,you go receive him, and call the Delhi party’s our local State Leader to see me at 6am at the other house’
Has he cut any deal?
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(This is the story of Modern India,run by People,who you will see in your Life.
This is Fiction, yet not Fiction.
The incidents, some are real .Interpretations are mine as you can have yours.
Names are changed and at places names of places are changed.)
The first post “Raja’s 2G Scam-How and for whom he did it?” is from Ramanan50’s Blog. Ramanan’s blog has a number of posts on the scam detailing the modus operandi, beneficiaries of bribes, the esteemed organizations and the political connections to DMK party and family. The post has excellent disclosures on behind the scene connections and dealings of A. Raja. The unfolding story shows that Raja’s penchant for corruption goes way back and it was just unfortunate (?) that he got caught this time.
In the unfolding of ming boggling scams like Irrigation Scam in Maharastra,Mining in Goa,T Tamil Nadu, Thorium in Tamil Nadu,ISRO Antrix ….. ,since 2 G, makes it a novice.
But none can dismiss the precursor, the 2 G scam of allotting Licences in the Telecommunication sector by breaking every Law known .
to man, arm twisting and pure criminal intent.
Radia Tapes, Depositions by every one high and low, Court Strictures, jailing of Raja and Kanimozhi and of course of their release, murder of a witness close to the deal, location and identification of the Money trail…
Now the deposition by the then Attorney General that the issue of allotting the Licences to first come-first served,the alteration of the Press Note cleared by The AG……
Of what use and to what end?
I posted a blog on ‘Hitler‘s Germany, Photo Essay’ which drew a comment that it was horrible that an event could take place like this.
My reply was ‘It is a sin to be indifferent when inhuman acts are done and in such a situation, people should have reacted against Hitler which they did not.
World War II and the Holocaust was the Result.
The other side is that when people in Power allow things to drift as the Weimar Republic had done in Germany then people yearn for an alternative even if they were aware they were descending towards Inhumanity, they welcome it, ‘as in Hitler’s case.
By allowing the Corrupt free as in India, we are escalating a situation as those in Germany prior to Hitler and the French Revolution of 1789.
Story:
Forme rAttorney General Vanavati, India
Attorney General Goolam E Vahanvati told the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on Tuesday that a Department of Telecommunications press release inviting applications for spectrum allocation in 2008 cleared by him was altered by Telecommunications Minister A Raja before it was issued. Vahanvati was the solicitor general at the time.
According to JPC chairman P C Chacko, the Attorney General also asserted that there had been no discussions between him and the minister, as claimed by the latter. Vahanvati told the committee that the changes in the first-come-first-served policy were never discussed with him and he had nothing to do with the allocation of 2G spectrum licences.
Vahanvati stated during his deposition that then telecom secretary Siddharth Behura had brought the file related to the press note pertaining to the policy, on grant of Unified Access Service licences, to him on January 7, 2008, and sought his opinion on the factual status about any stay in court on the issue of letter of intent. He had offered opinion on the “premise of trust”, Vahanvati said. However, he was not aware of the amendments subsequently made in the press note issued on January 10, 2008.
Chacko said, “That amendment… which had led to a qualitative change in the selection process was not known to the Attorney General.” Vahanvati, according to him, “conceded that he could not disagree that his trust was belied”.
Earlier I blogged on the fact that Dayanidhi maran, former Telecom Minister and Grand nephew of DMK Supremeo, Karunanidhi and Brother of Kalaanidhi Maran who controls SUN TV Group.
Now the CBI has deposed before the JPC that it has evidence that Dayanidhi Maran had received the Bribe from Astro All Asia Net Woks Plc-Rs. 549.96 Crore by way of investment in SUN DTH at an inflated rate.
Astro All Asia Net Woks Plc is a related company of Maxis Communication.
CBI is reported to have quizzed Dayanidhi Maran last week on this and he is reported to have replied in writing.
What is of note is that this action comes just after The Presidential Election and new alignments are in the offing for the next General Elections.
Story:
The CBI has recently questioned the former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran in connection with a case against him, his brother Kalanithi Maran and Malaysian business tycoon and head of Maxis Communications T. Ananda Krishnan of allegedly coercing the former owner of Aircel Televentures C. Sivasankaran into selling his equity in Aircel.
Mr. Dayanidhi Maran allegedly denied Mr. Sivasankaran’s firm seven pending 2G spectrum licences in various circles, and the Point of Interconnection facility from the state-owned BSNL.
The CBI alleged that an illegal gratification of Rs. 549.96 crore accrued to the Maran brothers from the purchase of Sun Direct TV shares by Astro All Asia Networks Plc, a related company of Maxis Communications, allegedly at a “highly inflated” rate.
Tehelka exposed the shenanigans of Maran and Maran has come out with a defense ‘ there was no loss to the government during his tenure as Union telecom minister, Maran said he was not even a minister when Astroinvested in Sun TV Network. “I own no shares or interest in Sun TV Network,” .
He is said to have issued notice to Tehelka, which is nothing but legal non sense with no substance and facts…..
Is Ananda Krishnan a front for Maran?
Facts seem to speak differently.
According to sources, the CBI has now trained its guns on a strikingly similar deal — though the quantum is almost four times that of the Balwa-Kalaignar transaction — between Sun TV Group, owned by the family of Union Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran, and Malaysian business conglomerate Maxis Group and owner of 74 percent direct equity in Aircel Group, the country’s seventh biggest telecom operator….
In November 2006, then Telecom Minister Maran granted 14 (UASL) for Aircel. The licence, along with the startup 2G spectrum, was awarded at the same price at which later Raja gave away 2G licenses to Swan, Unitech and a host of other players in 2008 — Aircel paid Rs 1,399 crore for 14 telecom circles, the price was arrived at through an auction process in 2001 when the telecom industry was in its nascent stage.
The telecom licences to Aircel were awarded after about two years of ‘unwarranted’ delay on the part of the DoT headed by Maran at the time. Aircel’s applications for new circles were pending since Maran’s takeover as minister for communications and IT in May 2004. According to the report prepared by the one-man committee of Justice (retired) Shivraj Patil constituted to examine the appropriateness of procedures followed by DoT in issuing licences during the period 2001-2009, the DoT kept raising ‘irrelevant’, ‘vague’ and ‘unwarranted’ queries about different aspects related to Aircel and kept the applications pending (Patil submitted his report to present Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on 31 January)….
It was only after March 2006, when Malaysian business tycoon T Ananda Krishnan, whose parents were Sri Lankan Tamils, bought 74 percent stake in Aircel, that its file gained momentum. Until then the company was owned by C Sivasankaran, the chairman of Siva Group (earlier known as Sterling Infotech Group). Krishnan paid Rs 3,390.82 crore for 74 percent equity in Aircel. Today, Aircel is the seven biggest telecom operator in the country with its net worth valued in the range of $7.5-$8 billion…”
He does not know or even aware of what is happening around him or Is he?
Judge for yourself.
English: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the Opening Plenary – Resillient india: 25 years of Economic and Social Progress. Participants captured during the World Economic Forum’s India Economic Summit 2009 held in New Delhi, 8-10 November 2009. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Replying to an RTI application filed by one Deepak Saluja in this regard, the top office has passed the buck to Special Protection Group, an exempted organisation under the RTI Act, for furnishing details of the meetings.
The SPG which is exempted from making any disclosure under the RTI Act except those related to allegations of human rights violation and corruption has refused to furnish the information citing the exemption clause.
The PMO also transferred the application to Department of Telecommunication to provide the information but it was also sent back with Director (coordination) stating that it was PMO to answer the application.
After SPG and DOT refused to furnish the information, PMO cited another exemption clause related to national security to deny the information saying “it has been consistent stand not to reveal details of appointment.”
“The Government of India must be either idiotic or criminally inclined when they decided on fixing the allotment of 2 G licences.
They entered the market knowing well that there is a huge market out there and they decided to call for tenders.
This process has been initiated after TRAI‘s observation on the estimatedmarket value of 2 G.
They floated the tender(to know how they fixed the tender read my blog under corruption2G scam origin and Growth)
Concurrently there were discussion about the possibility,nay the probability of the Companies participating in the Tendering process ,selling the licences.((now, Chidambaram and Co call it by different names,mergers, acquisitions).
And they deliberated as to what percentage the government should share out of the proceeds in that event as early as in 2008.
Now the process is long over and the Companies have sold these Licences(let Chidambaram,in his infinite wisdom may call it in any way he likes),the Government has not bothered to fix the percentage of sharing the revenue thus raked in,let alone recover it.
One of the best methods to escape responsibility and prosecution is to deny there is no crime involved.
First the statement that ’the 2 G loss is notional’
Then ‘tender procedures were followed’
‘Note has been sent’
‘The authority determining the loss,CAG, has exceeded its brief’
My questions.
If the Government knew and was intent in earning why these norms were not implemented till date?
It is evident even to an idiot like me that the Companies have made enormous profit, simply by paying bribe ,get the Licence and sell it at a premium.
Look at the price the companies sold the 2 G licences
“Asked by The Hindu why the Swan and Unitech transactions — in which the two firms offloaded 45% and 60% of their stake to Etisalat and Telenor — were not finally subjected to the government’s share of the premium as had apparently been envisaged in the January 30, 2008 discussions, Mr. Chidambaram said in an emailed reply that these were neither mergers nor acquisitions. “Merger and Acquisition (M&A) policy is relevant when two companies merge with each other (merger) or one company acquires another company (acquisition). In the cases of Swan–Etisalat and Unitech-Telenor, the Indian company issued new shares to the foreign investor. These cases were governed by the FDIpolicy. I have already clarified that these two cases of FDI fell under the ‘automatic route’ and no permission was required and no permission was given by the Ministry of Finance.”
And how much they have offloaded?
Next to nothing?
( one should note that there was a ‘paperless meeting among Raja,Chidambaram and Manmohan Singh’ in 2008-read my blog on this)”
Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy’s deposition against Home Minister P Chidambaram will continue on January 7 in the 2G spectrum scam case.
The special CBI court sought certified copies of documents from Parliament and concerned departments. The documents sought are the ones on which Swamy relied to prove his case against Chidambaram.
After the Delhi court deferred the hearing till January 7, Swamy said, “Happy to note that the judge said that if on the four documents you give a certified copy, then it is possible that you may not need any witnesses – in which case we can go straight to trial, if necessary.”
“By the 7th, I’ll have given those certified documents and then I will move a prayer under section 319 CrpC, the Chidambaram be summoned to the court as an accused, ” added Swamy.
Swamy has alleged that former telecom minister A Raja and Chidambaram were involved in the 2G scam together and compromised national security.
Swamy also alleged that Raja worked on Chidambaram’s instructions and that he will expose the Home Minister. “The letters exchanged between the two, and the letter exchanged between the PM and Mr Chidambaram, the meeting that took place between Raja and Chidambaram, four meetings and their minutes, all these I’ve got and I’ve filed them already and I’ll be referring to them in my presentation. He is responsible for it, he has committed so many crimes, he’s being too smart, he thinks that being a lawyer he can always have an alibi. I might also consider, if not today, on an another occasion, to bring in section 13 (1), to say that Mr Chidambaram is a habitual offender, because now he has many cases against him sprouting out.”
Testifying as a witness in support of his private complaint seeking prosecution of Chidambaram, Swamy said Raja could not be held guilty “alone” of the charges that he fixed the price of spectrum licence in 2008 at the prevailing rates of 2001.”
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