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
A prosecution witness on Friday told a Delhi court that DMK MP Kanimozhi, who is facing trial in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case, had "no role at all" in the Rs 200 crore transactions between Kalaignar TV (P) Ltd and Cineyug Films (P) Limited. ...
09:17 AM, May 04, 2013
New Delhi: A prosecution witness on Friday told a Delhi court that DMK MP Kanimozhi, who is facing trial in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case, had "no role at all" in the Rs 200 crore transactions between Kalaignar TV (P) Ltd and Cineyug Films (P) Limited. The statement assumes significance as it contradicts the CBI theory according to which Kanimozhi was taking interest in the day-to-day affairs of the...
08:36 PM, May 03, 2013
New Delhi: The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on 2G scam is likely to meet on Tuesday to decide on the "future course of action" amid possibility of it seeking a fresh extension of tenure to adopt the controversial draft report. After Lok Sahba Speaker Meira Kumar expressed her inability to remove him as JPC Chairman as demanded by 15 opposition members of the committee, PC Chacko has started contacting members...
07:55 PM, May 03, 2013
New Delhi: Against the backdrop of Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar's inability to remove him, JPC chairman PC Chacko on Thursday contacted the committee members to hold a meeting before May 10 when its term ends and is learnt to be ready to extend the tenure of the panel to adopt the controversial draft report on 2G spectrum scam. Chacko has received a go-ahead from the Congress high command to...
09:50 PM, May 02, 2013
New Delhi: Fifteen opposition members of JPC on 2G spectrum scam on Wednesday wrote to the committee secretariat rejecting the panel's draft report in toto, setting the stage for worsening of the confrontation with the government on the issue. The 15 members, who had met Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar last week to express "no-confidence" in panel chief PC Chacko, wrote separate letters on Wednesday stating that they are rejecting...
09:35 PM, May 01, 2013
Parliament failed to transact normal business for sixth consecutive day on Monday amid protests on the coalgate issue. ...
10:03 PM, Apr 29, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday exempted Bharti Airtel CMD Sunil Mittal from personal appearance in a trial court in connection with a 2G spectrum allocation case. The apex court formally issued a notice on Mittal's plea and asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to submit its reply within four weeks. After recusal of two judges, a new bench was constituted in the Supreme Court on Tuesday to...
03:40 PM, Apr 26, 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
New Delhi: After recusal of two judges, a new bench has been constituted in the Supreme Court to hear the petitions of Bharti Cellular Ltd CMD Sunil Bharti Mittal and Essar Group promoter Ravi Ruia in a case of alleged irregularities related to allocation of additional 2G spectrum in 2002. Justice SS Nijjar would be the new judge sitting with Chief Justice Altamas Kabir to hear the matter on Thursday....
08:48 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
New Delhi: Intensifying it attack on the government over the Joint Parliamentary Committee's 2G probe report, the BJP on Monday demanded Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation. The demand comes after prime accused A Raja claimed that the Prime Minister was in the loop in 2G spectrum allocation. The former Telecom Minister wants a hearing with the JPC. However, rejecting the demand for the Prime Minister's resignation, Congress leader Kamal Nath...
01:50 PM, Apr 23, 2013
Parliament reconvened on Monday for the second half of the Budget Session. The Opposition did all it could to corner the government on a host of issues. The UPA will hope to maneuver with allies to get its way. ...
11:30 PM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: 3.53 pm: Sitaram Yechury says, "What is happening is that 3 out of 4 registered rape cases go without being punished. It is not about policing and law and order only. It is some thing in the society that needs to be looked at also." "We are just not able to protect our women and children. What is this beastly act against a 5-year-old child? what is the...
11:00 AM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: In a curious development, Justice AR Dave of Supreme Court on Thursday became the second judge in four days to recuse himself from the bench hearing the petitions of Bharti Cellular Ltd CMD Sunil Bharti Mittal and Essar Group promoter Ravi Ruia in a graft case related to allocation of additional 2G spectrum in 2002. Without assigning any reason, Justice Dave, who was part of the bench headed...
06:33 PM, Apr 18, 2013
New Delhi: Bharti Cellular Ltd CMD Sunil Bharti Mittal and Essar Group promoter Ravi Ruia will appear in the Supreme Court on Thursday to challenge a special 2G court summons issued to them. It has been alleged that Airtel was allotted extra spectrum during the NDA regime by the then telecom minister Pramod Mahajan. Mittal and the CBI's lawyers will argue on Thursday on whether the summons should stand. A...
10:27 AM, Apr 18, 2013
New Delhi: With one of the judges recusing himself, the Supreme Court on Monday deferred the hearing till Thursday on the pleas of Bharti Cellular Ltd CMD Sunil Bharti Mittal and Essar Group promoter Ravi Ruia challenging the summons issued to them as accused in a graft case related to allocation of additional 2G spectrum in 2002. Though the apex court posted the hearing for April 18, the CBI said...
06:56 PM, Apr 15, 2013
The chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probing the 2G case, PC Chacko, on Tuesday said that the PM could be summoned before the panel only if the majority of the members agreed upon it. Reacting to committee member and BJP leader Yashwant Sinha's letter to the PM asking him to appear before the panel, Chacko said that no member of the committee had the right to summon anybody...
05:15 PM, Apr 03, 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
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on Monday termed as "factually incorrect" a media report which suggested that it had agreed with the then Telecom Minister A Raja's actions in 2007 before 2G scam and said the notings cited in the report could not be construed as the Prime Minister or his office looking the other way. ...
09:45 PM, Mar 18, 2013
