[The Pioneer, October 28, 2009] The 2G spectrum scam might not have taken place but for the clout that A Raja wielded in the UPA-I Government, when his party (the DMK) — as a major ally of the Congress — called the shots at the Centre. Documents available with The Pioneer show how the Telecom…
[July 1, 2009 – The Pioneer] The father-son duo that tried to influence a Madras High Court judge through a Union Minister for a favourable verdict in a criminal case was close to Telecom Minister A Raja. Justice R Reghupathy created a sensation on Monday evening in open court in Chennai when he alleged that…
(Reports appeared in ‘The Pioneer’ daily on the blatant corruptions in the WiMax franchise allotment of the State owned telecom company BSNL) May 6, 2009 – The Pioneer Telecom Minister’s Confidant enters into WiMax deal with five shell companies After the 2G spectrum allocation, the Telecom Ministry headed by Union Minister A Raja is embroiled…
[This article published in ‘The Pioneer’ on April 25, 2009] The Chief Vigilance Commissioner has confirmed large-scale irregularities by the Telecom department in awarding licences for 2G spectrum services, and said it would soon fix responsibility for the lapses. In an exclusive interview to The Pioneer, CVC Pratyush Sinha said his organisation had found “gross…
(Report published in ‘The Pioneer’ on March 29, 2009) The 2G Spectrum allocation scam, considered as the mother of all scam in India, caused more than Rs. 60,000 crores loss to public exchequer exposes the vulnerability of prevailing laws of the Nation, at the whims and fancies of political-middlemen nexus. The word Spectrum simply means…