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BJP denies Congress charge of ‘telecom scam’, says will recover dues with penalty

BJP denies Congress charge of ‘telecom scam’, says will recover dues with penalty

By: PTI | New Delhi | Updated: July 7, 2016 8:40:27 pm

“Congress needs to understand that there is no underreporting case under the NDA government. It is a case of sin of the Congress-led UPA government,” Ravi Shankar Prasad said. (File photo)

BJPThursday hit out at Congress over its allegation of a Rs 45,000 crore telecom scam with Law…

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A 19-year-old Taiwanese university student who was reported missing last month has turned up in Korean jail, where she awaits trial for her part in a telecom scam.

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Telecom scams are not new. During the NDA government, there was a major controversy when telecom companies were allowed to move from a licensing regime to a revenue-sharing one.The sudden removal of Jagmohan from the post of communications minister in 1998 was reportedly a consequence of his refusal to toe the line of a section within his government.

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The Supreme Court of India on Thursday cancelled 122 2G spectrum licenses controversially handed out by former Telecom Minister A Raja. Read the entire judgement. Click here to read the judgement...

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Trouble at the top of India’s telecom ministry

An Indian court last week sentenced former Telecom Minister Sukhram to a five-year prison term for taking a bribe of $5,800 for a contract to a private firm in 1996.

“The court had convicted Sukhram for misusing his official position as telecom minister in 1996 to award a contract worth $5.8 million to a private telecom firm — Haryana Telecom Ltd. (HTL) — for supply of cables to the telecom department after receiving a bribe of $5,800,” the Times of India reported.

The news of Sukhram’s sentencing coincided with raids by the Central Bureau of Investigation at the offices of the country’s top two telecom companies.

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Lokpal Bill, 2G Scam, and conflict of interest

According to a report by news channel, a large number of people who are “either sitting in judgement or arguing the 2G case has, at one time or another, been associated with one of the telecom players”.

The report lists the following key players:

Union Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal, as a lawyer has represented several companies including Nokia and Bharti.

Senior BJP leader and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley, served as a lawyer for T-Mobiles, Tata Teleservices, Lucent Technologies and Sterling.

Current Home Minister, P Chidambaram, represented Motorola, US’s Bellsouth and Luxembourg’s Millicom.

Congress spokesman, Abhishek Manu Singhvi, represented the Cellular Operators Association of India, the Association of Basic Telecom Operators, Bharti and Reliance.

India’s current Solicitor General, Gopal Subramaniam has been a lawyer for the Cellular Operators Association of India and Hughes telecom.

Current Attorney General Goolam Vahanvati has been a lawyer for the Cellular Operators Association of India, RPG and Usha Martin.

Former Law Minister Shanti Bhushan has been a lawyer for Essar Telecom, US’s Bellsouth and Luxembourg’s Millicom.

Harish Salve, who served as the Solicitor General of India in the past, represented Reliance, Tatas and Vodafone.

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