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CPM wants thorough probe against PC
Citing the Supreme Court order on cancellation of all telecom licences, CPI(M) on Sunday sought a thorough probe in Home Minister P Chidambaram's role in allowing the tainted licences as Finance Minister. Alleging "dereliction of duty"on his part, the CPI(M) said that the SC order and trail court order proves that Chidambaram's was part of the price fixing of the tainted licences.
"It's severe dereliction of duty. The then Finance Minister Chidamabram was supposed to share the responsibility of fixing the price (of spectrum licences). How did he discharge that responsibility is not in public domain. That needs to be probed," CPI(M) leader Nilotpal Basu said here.
The CPI(M) leader was referring to the note of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in which it was suggested that Chidambaram could have prevented the scam by insisting on spectrum auction instead of first-come, first serve policy.
Responding to the Saturday's Special court verdict, Basu said the judicial process in the court was limited only to Subramanian Swamy's plea that Chidambaram should be made a co-accused in the case.
He said both the Supreme Court order cancelling 122 2G licences and the trial court's observation have confirmed that the policy aspect of the issue should be fully gone into.
Maintaining that a "protracted legal battle" would now follow with regard to Chidambaram's alleged involvement, Basu said the apex court's order had quoted the "government's own policy paper to say the then Finance Minister was jointly responsible for the pricing of spectrum".
There was "overwhelming evidence" that Chidambaram and the then Telecom Minister A Raja had "consulted each other" on the issue, said CPI(M) Central Committee Member..
The CPI(M) leader said, "There is no evidence to show that the former disagreed or tried to stop" the move to go for a first-come, first-serve policy on granting spectrum licences.
Citing the Supreme Court order on cancellation of all telecom licences, CPI(M) on Sunday sought a thorough probe in Home Minister P Chidambaram's role in allowing the tainted licences as Finance Minister. Alleging "dereliction of duty"on his part, the CPI(M) said that the SC order and trail court order proves that Chidambaram's was part of the price fixing of the tainted licences.
"It's severe dereliction of duty. The then Finance Minister Chidamabram was supposed to share the responsibility of fixing the price (of spectrum licences). How did he discharge that responsibility is not in public domain. That needs to be probed," CPI(M) leader Nilotpal Basu said here.
The CPI(M) leader was referring to the note of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in which it was suggested that Chidambaram could have prevented the scam by insisting on spectrum auction instead of first-come, first serve policy.
Responding to the Saturday's Special court verdict, Basu said the judicial process in the court was limited only to Subramanian Swamy's plea that Chidambaram should be made a co-accused in the case.
He said both the Supreme Court order cancelling 122 2G licences and the trial court's observation have confirmed that the policy aspect of the issue should be fully gone into.
Maintaining that a "protracted legal battle" would now follow with regard to Chidambaram's alleged involvement, Basu said the apex court's order had quoted the "government's own policy paper to say the then Finance Minister was jointly responsible for the pricing of spectrum".
There was "overwhelming evidence" that Chidambaram and the then Telecom Minister A Raja had "consulted each other" on the issue, said CPI(M) Central Committee Member..
The CPI(M) leader said, "There is no evidence to show that the former disagreed or tried to stop" the move to go for a first-come, first-serve policy on granting spectrum licences.
