Was Vinod Rai, the ex-Comptroller and Auditor General, wrong in his estimate that the state's exchequer had suffered a notional loss of over Rs.1.75 lakh crores in the auction of the 2G Spectrum allocation during the UPA II regime of the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh? The, then, communications minister, D Raja of the DMK had overseen the transaction that's now no more murky after today's judgement.
Today, all 23 involved in the case - including DMK's Kanimozhi and D Raja - have been acquitted by the CBI Trial court citing that the prosecution has been unable to establish the guilt of the accused, beyond doubt. A number of questions rise, consequent to the judgement viz.:-
(a) Can the office of the CAG make wild allegations?
(b) Will Vinod Rai, a straight forward and no nonsense officer, cock a snook at the government
with unsubstantiated evidence?
(c) Aren't the CAG's observations arrived at after a careful study of the material available on the
subject?
(d) Did the prosecution do a shoddy job and if affirmative, under whose instigation?
(e) Coincidentally, the verdict was out during the forenoon of the RK Nagar bypoll and wouldn't
it give an advantage to the DMK, contesting the election?
(f) What about the Supreme Court's initial indictment of the manner in which the distribution of
the spectrum was done?
(g) And what about the Narendra Modi government, subsequently, collecting:-
(i) Rs.1.10 lakh crores in 2015 after the cancellation of the allocations made by the UPA
government.
(ii) Rs.66,000 crores in 2016?
(h) Or is it all a gimmick to pave the way for a BJP-DMK tie up in the next general elections?
* * *
The Logjam in Parliament.
The winter session of the Parliament is once again locked in a logjam, this time, over the PM's accusation that the former PM, Manmohan Singh, had participated in that party in Mani Shankar Aiyar's house which had Pakistan's ex-foreign minister, Kasuri in attendance and the subject discussed therein was his ouster! The accusation was made in the course of electioneering during the recently concluded Assembly elections in Gujarat The Congress party has demanded an apology from the PM for it but there's no sign that it will take place.
The concerned parties have to discuss and remove the irritants because many important bills have been lined up for legislation and it will be damn sad if work doesn't take place in Parliament. It will be yet another instance of waste of public money.
Tailpiece.
Mohanachandran's medical bulletin.
"It's still no change from the last sitrep". From Suresh Laxman.
Today, all 23 involved in the case - including DMK's Kanimozhi and D Raja - have been acquitted by the CBI Trial court citing that the prosecution has been unable to establish the guilt of the accused, beyond doubt. A number of questions rise, consequent to the judgement viz.:-
(a) Can the office of the CAG make wild allegations?
(b) Will Vinod Rai, a straight forward and no nonsense officer, cock a snook at the government
with unsubstantiated evidence?
(c) Aren't the CAG's observations arrived at after a careful study of the material available on the
subject?
(d) Did the prosecution do a shoddy job and if affirmative, under whose instigation?
(e) Coincidentally, the verdict was out during the forenoon of the RK Nagar bypoll and wouldn't
it give an advantage to the DMK, contesting the election?
(f) What about the Supreme Court's initial indictment of the manner in which the distribution of
the spectrum was done?
(g) And what about the Narendra Modi government, subsequently, collecting:-
(i) Rs.1.10 lakh crores in 2015 after the cancellation of the allocations made by the UPA
government.
(ii) Rs.66,000 crores in 2016?
(h) Or is it all a gimmick to pave the way for a BJP-DMK tie up in the next general elections?
* * *
The Logjam in Parliament.
The winter session of the Parliament is once again locked in a logjam, this time, over the PM's accusation that the former PM, Manmohan Singh, had participated in that party in Mani Shankar Aiyar's house which had Pakistan's ex-foreign minister, Kasuri in attendance and the subject discussed therein was his ouster! The accusation was made in the course of electioneering during the recently concluded Assembly elections in Gujarat The Congress party has demanded an apology from the PM for it but there's no sign that it will take place.
The concerned parties have to discuss and remove the irritants because many important bills have been lined up for legislation and it will be damn sad if work doesn't take place in Parliament. It will be yet another instance of waste of public money.
Tailpiece.
Mohanachandran's medical bulletin.
"It's still no change from the last sitrep". From Suresh Laxman.
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