New Delhi: BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, a member of the JPC probing the 2G scam, on Wednesday wrote to the PM asking him to respond to the serious charges leveled by Raja on him before JPC through a letter and documents supporting his claims.
This is the third letter Sinha has written to the Prime Minister asking him to appear before the panel. Sinha said Manmohan Singh has ignored two of his previous letters.
In his letter, Sinha said the Prime Minister should now respond to the serious charges leveled by Raja on him before JPC through a letter and documents supporting his claims.
In his previous letters, Sinha had said any hesitation on his part to appear before JPC will prove that he has "something to hide". Sinha had also pointed out that when Parliament's Public Accounts Committee was examining the CAG report on the 2G scam, the Prime Minister had publicly offered to appear before it to enable the committee reach the "right conclusions"....
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12:19 PM, Apr 24, 2013
New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday sharpened its attack on the UPA government demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the 2G spectrum scam and coalgate. Even as the Opposition appeared divided over seeking PM's resignation, for the Congress these are worrying times. The passage of crucial bills in the Budget Session including the Finance Bill are at stake if the deadlock persists. The NDA is upping the...
09:40 PM, Apr 23, 2013
New Delhi: Apparently seeking to pacify an angry BJP, JPC chief PC Chacko on Tuesday dismissed reports that the panel has named former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in its draft report in the 2G scam. "We have the highest regard for Atal Bihari Vajpayee. This report has not mentioned the name of Vajpayee. We have not made any reference to the former Prime Minister," Chacko, who is also the...
06:17 PM, Apr 23, 2013
Former telecom minister and a prime accused in the 2G spectrum scam case, A Raja will not be deposing in front of the Joint Parliamentary Committtee (JPC), sources said on Tuesday. ...
12:12 PM, Feb 26, 2013
The Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) has filed an application in the Supreme Court in the 2G case saying an FIR should be registered on the basis of the CNN-IBN revelation. ...
03:47 PM, Feb 19, 2013
The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the telecom firms whose licences were cancelled and didn't participate in fresh auction for 2G spectrum will cease to operate forthwith. Sistema and Tata Tele were among those who did not bid in the auction. ...
11:14 AM, Feb 15, 2013
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director Ranjit Singh appeared before the Parliament Accounts Committee on Wednesday and was questioned about the CNN-IBN story on alleged collusion between the agency's former prosecutor and a key accused in the 2G spectrum scam case. ...
02:16 PM, Feb 13, 2013
After the Central Bureau of Investigation Director was quizzed by the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Tuesday over the prosecutor-accused nexus issue in the 2G scam, the Bharatiya Janata Party is all set to raise it at the Public Accounts Committee meeting on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the CBI preliminary inquiry is widening its focus on the other accused as well. ...
07:48 AM, Feb 13, 2013
Rejecting the need to call CBI public prosecutor AK Singh and Unitech MD Sanjay Chandra, who allegedly colluded in the 2G case, JPC chief PC Chacko said, "No need to call the persons who allegedly colluded. We have called the concerned persons. We cannot call everyone. The JPC has questioned the secretaries of the concerned ministries. We had questioned the CBI director today." ...
07:17 PM, Feb 12, 2013
PC Chacko said that according to the CBI chief, the reports regarding allegations of collusion between its former prosecutor AK Singh and United MD Sanjay Chandra are correct. ...
05:50 PM, Feb 12, 2013
Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Manish Tewari said the government will check if there is a prosecution-accused nexus if the tapes carrying conversations between the CBI prosecution and accused is are found to be authentic. ...
02:48 PM, Feb 12, 2013
Senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh who is a member of the JPC has hit back at the government over the 2G scam. He said the new revelation reflects the sorry state of the investigating agency and its collusion with the government. ...
11:47 AM, Feb 12, 2013
A day after CNN-IBN revealed possible collusion between the prosecution and the accused in the 2G case, sources have indicated that the Bharatiya Janata Party will use the expose to demand the extension of the Joint Parliamentary Committee session. ...
10:31 AM, Feb 12, 2013
It is the last hearing of the Joint Parliamentary Committee looking into the 2G scam on Tuesday. CBI director Ranjit Sinha and Telecom Secretary R Chandrashekhar are scheduled to appear before the committee and are likely to be quizzed over the latest 2G twist revealed by CNN-IBN. ...
07:49 AM, Feb 12, 2013
ormer corporate lobbyist Nira Radia, a prosecution witness in the 2G spectrum scam case was expected to depose before a Delhi court this week. However, that may not happen. ...
09:52 AM, Dec 04, 2012
Former Director General of Audit, Post and Telecommunications, CAG, RP Singh on Saturday kept the controversy alive on his earlier claim that Public Accounts Committee Chairman and BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi had influenced the 2G report that indicted the government. ...
08:40 PM, Nov 25, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has extended the deadline for a fresh auction of the 2G spectrum licences till January 11, 2013. The court has said that if the orders are not complied with, the court will issue contempt proceedings against the officers responsible. "Exemplary costs may be imposed in the event of failure to complete auction process within the deadline," the apex court said. The court has ruled that...
03:12 PM, Aug 27, 2012
Congress Spokesperson Manish Tewari said that the Opposition has no case against Finance Minister P Chidambaram. ...
11:59 AM, Aug 24, 2012
Now that all the 2G accused have been released on bail, where does the case stand? ...
10:33 PM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: Essar Group promoters Anshuman and Ravi Ruia, accused in a case flowing out of the 2G scam, were on Saturday directed by a Delhi Court to appear in person before it with a warning they would suffer if they do not do so. The warning came from Special CBI Judge O P Saini after the Ruias and Loop Telecom promoters I P Khaitan and Kiran Khaitan also failed...
09:19 PM, Mar 17, 2012
