New Delhi: With the 2G spectrum issue getting caught in logjam in the JPC, the BJP on Friday sought to bring the matter to the forefront of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee saying the matter is pending and should be disposed of. The demand to settle the pending issue came at the first meeting of the newly-constituted PAC.
BJP member Prakash Javadekar raised the issue of PAC's draft report on 2G scam, saying it was still a pending agenda and sought to know when would it be taken up. PAC Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi has kept the 2G issue alive by mentioning in the documents circulated to the members that the "draft report on 'recent developments in the telecom sector, including allocation of 2G and 3G spectrum' was also circulated to members of the PAC (2011-12)."
When the previous committee came into being, Joshi had mentioned the draft report as a "pending agenda" of PAC. The draft report of the JPC on 2G scam had given a clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram. It had charged former Telecom Minister A Raja of misleading the PM on the issue of 2G spectrum allocation.
The JPC has not met after the draft report was circulated last month amid sharp differences between opposition and UPA members. Fifteen opposition members in the 30-member committee had rejected the draft and had expressed no confidence in panel chief PC Chacko....
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09:35 PM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: The JPC meeting to be held in the capital on Thursday to adopt the draft report on 2G scam is set to be a stormy affair with Opposition parties readying to corner the Committee's Chairman PC Chacko over clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram. The non-Congress members in the 30-member JPC are expected to press for a vote on the controversial draft...
05:36 PM, Apr 24, 2013
The Opposition on Tuesday derailed both houses of Parliament with the Bharatiya Janata Party leading the charge against the UPA government. But the BJP seems to have been pushed to a corner over its demand for the PM's resignation. ...
11:26 PM, Apr 23, 2013
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has trashed the draft JPC report on the 2G spectrum case and will most likely present its own report on the probe panel's findings, sources said on Tuesday. The sources said that the main opposition party will seek rejection of the draft report. The JPC is expected to meet on Thursday to consider the draft report. Speaking to reporters, BJP leader Yashwant Sinha...
06:46 PM, Apr 23, 2013
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11:22 PM, Apr 18, 2013
The Joint Parliamentary Committee on the 2G spectrum scam on Thursday gave a clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram, saying that the duo was not informed of the change in policy by the then telecom minister A Raja. ...
09:11 PM, Apr 18, 2013
New Delhi: The Joint Parliamentary Committee on the 2G spectrum scam on Thursday gave a clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram, saying that the duo was not informed of the change in policy by the then telecom minister A Raja. The JPC report said that the 2G spectrum was allocated on 'first come, first serve' policy and that norms were tweaked to favour a...
08:06 PM, Apr 18, 2013
New Delhi: Bharti CMD Sunil Mittal and Essar group promoter Ravi Ruia, who have been summoned as accused in the additional 2G spectrum allocation case, on Thursday appeared in a Delhi court which posted the matter for further proceedings on April 16. Mittal's counsel placed before special CBI judge OP Saini the order passed by the Supreme Court postponing till April 16 the proceedings in the case. Besides Mittal and...
09:23 PM, Apr 11, 2013
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear Bharti Cellular Limited CMD Sunil Bharti Mittal's plea challenging the March 19 order of the special court summoning him as an accused in a corruption case related to allocation of additional 2G spectrum during the 2002 NDA regime. A bench headed by Chief Justice Altamas Kabir agreed to give an early hearing and posted the matter to April 8. ...
01:33 PM, Apr 02, 2013
New Delhi: The Central Vigilance Commission has reviewed the probe being carried out by the CBI, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Income Tax department in the 2G spectrum allocation scam to remove any "bottlenecks" they may be facing and expedite the investigations. Officials in the anti-corruption watchdog said the Central Vigilance Commissioner Pradeep Kumar recently met the officials of the three investigating agencies involved in the probe and examined all...
05:39 PM, Jul 23, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will on Tuesday begin hearing the Centre's review petition in the 2G spectrum case. The Centre had alleged judicial overreach by Supreme Court in its decision cancelling 122 2G licences on February 2 this year. The Centre alleged that the executive's policy powers were usurped by the court, implying judicial overreach. ...
07:55 AM, May 01, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday reserved its order on a plea of RK Chandolia, an accused in the 2G spectrum case and former Private Secretary of prime accused A Raja, against the lower court's decision refusing to direct CBI to produce certain documents related to the case. A bench of Justice ML Mehta reserved the order after hearing arguments of the probe agency and Chandolia's counsel. The...
08:11 PM, Feb 06, 2012
Kolkata: Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in Kolkata on Friday night that the Supreme Court's order in the 2G Spectrum case was final and no appeal could be made against it. "It is the apex court's order and no appeal can be made against it. We have to study different implications of the Supreme Court's judgement," Mukherjee told reporters at his south Kolkata residence shortly after arrival from New...
12:19 AM, Feb 04, 2012
New Delhi: After a week's break, the trial in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case, involving former Telecom Minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and corporate honchos as accused, will resume on Monday in a Delhi court. The day-to-day trial in the special court had to be adjourned for a week due to winter break and would continue from Monday with Raja questioning his former aide Aseervatham Achary, a key...
09:59 PM, Jan 01, 2012
New Delhi: The Janata Dal (United) on Friday demanded the immediate removal of Textile Minister Dayanidhi Maran who is under the scanner in the 2G spectrum case. "The dirty deal in the 2G case is crystal clear. But he (Maran) is still continuing in the ministry. The Prime Minister should not waste any time in removing him from the government," JD (U) president Sharad Yadav alleged before reporters in New...
06:28 PM, Jun 11, 2011
New Delhi: DMK MP Kanimozhi was on Friday lodged in a 15 ftx10 ft cell at the Tihar Jail after being sent there for her role in the 2G spectrum case, far from the air-conditioning and other comforts which she is used to at her palatial bungalow in Chennai's CIT colony. 43-year-old Kanimozhi was taken to Jail No 6 by women personnel after a special CBI court rejected her bail...
05:52 PM, May 20, 2011
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday dismissed the bail pleas of DMK MP Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar in the 2G spectrum case. Following is the chronology of the events related to the case in which former Telecom Minister A Raja is the main accused: May 2007: A Raja takes over as Telecom Minister. August 2007: Process of allotment of 2G Spectrum for telecom along with Universal...
05:28 PM, May 20, 2011
New Delhi: As she anxiously awaits a decision on her bail plea on Friday, the blistering summer heat of the capital seems to have hit DMK MP Kanimozhi, who on Thursday complained of ill-health in a Delhi Court which allowed her to temporarily skip the proceedings in the 2G spectrum case. No sooner did the court began its proceedings for the day, Kanimozhi urged Special CBI Judge O P Saini...
06:48 PM, May 19, 2011
New Delhi: Brushing aside Centre's objections, the Supreme Court on Friday said it would pass an order for the appointment of senior advocate UU Lalit as special public prosecutor for holding the trial of former telecom minister A Raja and others in the 2G spectrum case on a day-to-day basis without any adjournments. Turning down the Centre's plea seeking one week time to come out with an alternate name, a...
03:22 PM, Apr 08, 2011
New Delhi: Both houses of Parliament were adjourned on Monday, again without conducting any business, as the stalemate over appointing a joint parliamentary committee to probe the alleged scam in 2G spectrum allotment continued for the 12th day. The government's every effort to break the logjam has yielded no result and question hours in both houses of parliament were derailed again with an unrelenting opposition persisting with its demand that...
03:18 PM, Nov 29, 2010
