In Tamil Nadu, the political aftershocks of A Raja's arrest have been co-opted quickly into the campaign agenda of the Opposition. The state votes in three months.
In Chennai today, AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa said the arrest of the former Telecom Minister has convinced her that the government has "turned itself into a laughing stock by contradicting itself several times over."
Ms Jayalalithaa said that first, the government's auditor declared Mr Raja guilty of costing the country upto 1.76 lakh crores through his deliberate mishandling of the allocation of spectrum for mobile networks. Despite this, she said, new Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said that 2G licenses had caused no losses to the government.
Now, the CBI, which also reports to the Centre, Ms Jayalithaa alleges, has proved that financial crimes were committed by arresting Mr Raja.
Mr Raja was arrested along with two of his former aides on Wednesday in Delhi for his alleged role in the spectrum scam. The Supreme Court is monitoring the CBI's investigation to unravel how the scam - described as India's largest - was planned and executed.
"The arrest is meant to hoodwink the public and seems to have been taken just to tell the Supreme Court that some action is being taken against Raja because a few months ago, the supreme Court had asked why no action had been taken." (Read: Jayalalithaa's entire statement on Raja arrest)
Ms Jayalalithaa said that her party will continue to insist that a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) be set up to investigate the scam. Different opposition parties united in their demand for a JPC in November and since then, Parliament has been paralyzed, with the government refusing to sanction a JPC.
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Thursday, February 3, 2011
Govt has made itself a 'laughing stock': Jayalalithaa
In Tamil Nadu, the political aftershocks of A Raja's arrest have been co-opted quickly into the campaign agenda of the Opposition. The state votes in three months.
In Chennai today, AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa said the arrest of the former Telecom Minister has convinced her that the government has "turned itself into a laughing stock by contradicting itself several times over."
Ms Jayalalithaa said that first, the government's auditor declared Mr Raja guilty of costing the country upto 1.76 lakh crores through his deliberate mishandling of the allocation of spectrum for mobile networks. Despite this, she said, new Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said that 2G licenses had caused no losses to the government.
Now, the CBI, which also reports to the Centre, Ms Jayalithaa alleges, has proved that financial crimes were committed by arresting Mr Raja.
Mr Raja was arrested along with two of his former aides on Wednesday in Delhi for his alleged role in the spectrum scam. The Supreme Court is monitoring the CBI's investigation to unravel how the scam - described as India's largest - was planned and executed.
"The arrest is meant to hoodwink the public and seems to have been taken just to tell the Supreme Court that some action is being taken against Raja because a few months ago, the supreme Court had asked why no action had been taken." (Read: Jayalalithaa's entire statement on Raja arrest)
Ms Jayalalithaa said that her party will continue to insist that a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) be set up to investigate the scam. Different opposition parties united in their demand for a JPC in November and since then, Parliament has been paralyzed, with the government refusing to sanction a JPC.
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In Chennai today, AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa said the arrest of the former Telecom Minister has convinced her that the government has "turned itself into a laughing stock by contradicting itself several times over."
Ms Jayalalithaa said that first, the government's auditor declared Mr Raja guilty of costing the country upto 1.76 lakh crores through his deliberate mishandling of the allocation of spectrum for mobile networks. Despite this, she said, new Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said that 2G licenses had caused no losses to the government.
Now, the CBI, which also reports to the Centre, Ms Jayalithaa alleges, has proved that financial crimes were committed by arresting Mr Raja.
Mr Raja was arrested along with two of his former aides on Wednesday in Delhi for his alleged role in the spectrum scam. The Supreme Court is monitoring the CBI's investigation to unravel how the scam - described as India's largest - was planned and executed.
"The arrest is meant to hoodwink the public and seems to have been taken just to tell the Supreme Court that some action is being taken against Raja because a few months ago, the supreme Court had asked why no action had been taken." (Read: Jayalalithaa's entire statement on Raja arrest)
Ms Jayalalithaa said that her party will continue to insist that a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) be set up to investigate the scam. Different opposition parties united in their demand for a JPC in November and since then, Parliament has been paralyzed, with the government refusing to sanction a JPC.
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