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Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking sanction to prosecute Home Minister P. Chidambaram for allegedly “conspiring with the former Telecommunications Minister, A. Raja and failing to protect the national interest in 2G spectrum licensing.”
At a press conference here on Wednesday, Dr. Swamy said that according to a Cabinet decision in 2003, spectrum pricing was to be determined by the Telecom and Finance Ministers.
“In the 2007-08 spectrum allotment, Mr. Raja and Mr. Chidambaram decided to fix the combined entry fee and spectrum price per MHz at the price discovered in 2001. This was in violation of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India recommendation of August 28, 2007, which required the entry fee to be separated from the spectrum price and determined according to the market conditions prevailing then,” Dr. Swamy alleged.
At a press conference here on Wednesday, Dr. Swamy said that according to a Cabinet decision in 2003, spectrum pricing was to be determined by the Telecom and Finance Ministers.
“In the 2007-08 spectrum allotment, Mr. Raja and Mr. Chidambaram decided to fix the combined entry fee and spectrum price per MHz at the price discovered in 2001. This was in violation of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India recommendation of August 28, 2007, which required the entry fee to be separated from the spectrum price and determined according to the market conditions prevailing then,” Dr. Swamy alleged.