Its really appalling to see our Mr Clean Image PM Dr. Manmohan Singh defend his telecom minister who is in midst of one of the greatest scams of our time. Mr Raja is alleged to have allocated the 2G spectrum at throwaway prices of 2000-3000 cr, when the asking rate was around 55000 crores. Many of the Indian entities who purchased the licenses then sold their share to foreign investors at 1500% premium!!!. Recently the sale of 3G spectrum fetched the govt a whopping 60000 crores. When asked about the anomaly in the pricing of the spectrum, the telecom minister defended himself by saying that 2G is like a "ration rice" and 3G is like a basmati rice!!!
I would like to remind our esteemed minister that the "rationed rice" which is subsidised by the govt is for the poor people in the country - in the same context i would like to know the 2G spectrum was sold at subsidised rate for poor telecom operators? ( read Reliance - the Ambanis, Unitech, Airtel).
Its true that politics really brings the worst out of men. How else can one explain our PM defending the tainted minister. The compulsions of coalition politics really brings the issue of 2 party system to the forefront.
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