Sunday, November 14, 2010

2G-- the two Genius

The two genius here, i m talking about are the A. Raja, soon by gone telecom minister and the then secretary of telecom Shri D.S. Mathur. Raja is badly stuck in the quagmire of 2G spectrum allotment scandal but still manage to hold the post, thanks largely to compulsive coalition politics. he is the most prominent Dalit face of DMK got represented at the center, so losing him may cast the greater lost of support, at least this is what is believed at the core of DMK stubborn stand.
media reports suggest that loss to exchequer is around Rs. 1,76,000 Cr. nothing can be said whether these estimates are under or overestimation, Raja defends himself by saying that he has followed the rule laid by department, followed the conventional practices laid down by the previous governments and ready for any probe.
In the mean time D.S Mathur blew the whistle by saying that Raja is real culprit as he not only refused the suggestion offered by the secretary but also put pressure on him to prepond the closure date of bidding, now the timing of mr. Mathur to blow it after almost 3 years (as he retired on dec 31,2007) can suggest only two things, first he was waiting for his time until now or may be he was aware that he alone can not do the whole thing or may be he was under huge pressure not to blew it off, in the past,second he may be politically motivated(which is highly improbable).
In the whole drama that is unfolding with each passing hour, few thing are unambiguous; like there has been systematic silence, in spite of the fact that most of the fundamental norms were either ignored or violated, even after exposure there is a tremendous attempt going on to cover it up, coalition politics make it difficult to punish the guilt, opportunistic coalition may not breeds corruption but definitely, more vulnerable to corruption, why open bidding based on transparency and competitiveness need to be deployed for scarce natural resources, why there should be stark separation in ministry, regulator and executive head of the departments.  

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