He said She said

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and his team in ruling party are attacking opposition parties on their double standard and their lack of credibility. Doing such things are needed in democracy but not in an attempt to reduce the intensity of issue that country is fighting now. They could calm opposition but can not answer people on their failing in taking action in Spectrum Scam.


See Indian express article for more details.

Mocking democracy : Kapil Sibal

See the following interview from Kapil Sibal.

Q: Why was the 2G scam allowed to happen when the Prime Minister, the Law Minister and the finance ministry had expressed their reservations as early as November 2, 2007?
A: What is the 2G scam according to you? Please tell me, I want to listen to you.
Q: Wrongful allocation of resources that were anyways scarce done on the basis of bad pricing and done on the basis of a wrong system of allocation so that it went not by auction but by a first come first serve basis, which seems to have been rigged to help specific companies who turn out perhaps to be friends of the minister?
A: I am glad you set it out. Now before the UPA came to power in 2004, 52 licences were granted, on what basis?
Q: On the same basis but that was stretching back to 2001. But are you defending what Mr Raja did?
A: No I am not defending. Please I want to understand from you because nowadays we understand everything from the media. So I want to understand from you.

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What do you read from it? Kapil Sibal is trying to share some of the guilt to opposition and is equipped with talking to media. It does not hide the fact that nation lost money and corrupts need to be punished.

CBI raids Raja's house

Today CBI searched homes of A. Raja and his associates in Delhi and Tamilnadu. It has mode any arrests. It just looks like face saving for central government. It is well known that they would not get any evidence of documents or properties at this stage.



Sources:
http://www.hindustantimes.com/2G-scam-probe-CBI-questions-Raja-during-searches/Article1-636070.aspx
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/8189301/Indian-former-ministers-home-raided-in-corruption-probe.html

Spectrum scam money covers ten countries

Enforcement Directorate(ED) today submitted a report to Supreme court and told that money trail covers international ramifications. What does that mean for common public and how much can we trust ED? The money can be traced in spectrum scam since it is mostly white money and loss because of licenses given cheaply to many ineligible companies. There may be black money but 1.76 lakh crore loss we are talking is not accounting as part of loss to public exchequer.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Money-trail-in-2G-spectrum-scam-covers-10-countries-ED/articleshow/7067801.cms

NRIs sending letters to Prime Minister

"People For Loksatta" volunteers posting letters from San Diego, Sunnyvale, Los Angeles, Houston and Chicago.

What is the reason behind 1.76 lakh crores in spectrum scam

Many of you must have heard that India lost 1.76 lakh crores in spectrum licenses.There is definitely theory behind it, but it's not another politically bloated number. These are the findings of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), a government authority.

1. Number of mobile connections in 2001 was 4 million, and it increased to 350 Million in 2008. All the allocation of 122 new licenses was done based on 2001 statistics and 4 million numbers, instead of 2008 numbers. The notification was issued in 2008 and 2001 metric is used for determining cost.
2. If the prices are calculated at market prices of 2008 (on basis 3G values) , Department of Telecom (DoT) would have received Rs. 111,511 crores as against to Rs. 9,012 realized by DoT now. Licenses allocated under duel technology would have been Rs. 40526 crores as against to Rs. 3372 crores now. The total difference is at Rs. 139653 crores, which is Rs. 1.39 Lakh crores
3. Additional spectrum was allocated for existing 9 companies (not part of new licenses), and that was also done at 2001 prices. Loss from this was calculated as Rs. 36729 crores
4. The total loss from # 3 and #4 above, Rs.176382 crores which is 1.76 lakh crores

Additional findings of CAG
1. DoT did not follow the eligibility criterion set by itself for the bidding process
2. Telecom Regulatory Authority of INDIA (TRAI) recommendations were ignored
3. Bidding deadline time was shortened, without any discussion to favor few companies.

Sadly the corrupts and the culprits are not arrested yet. Please sign petition  to Prime Minister to take action and join "kill corruption - National campaign against corruption" movement.

Prime Minister knows every thing - pretending innocense is for legal reasons!

Arun Shourie recalls an incident with Vajpayee.

The prime minister of India has unlimited power. Our system is so structured that the PM knows everything. Yashwant Sinha, when he was finance minister, told me an incident. He got a message from a leader of the state that s/he wanted to see him. He asked Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee if he could can meet that person. Vajpayee said he could meet her/him.

When Sinha went to the state he met the particular leader without anyone knowing about it. He had lunch and talked about all sorts of things. At the end of it, the leader gave him an envelope. He kept it in his pocket. He came to New Delhi and only then opened it. It was a legal brief on why cases against that leader should not be pursued by the Enforcement Directorate. He put the envelope in his drawer and did nothing about it. He forgot the case.

Several days later he met Vajpayee and spoke about his meeting with the state leader. Vajpayee listened quietly and kept looking at him. At the end of the meeting he asked Sinha, 'Aur woh lifafa (what about the envelope)?'

Sinha was astonished since he had told no one about the meeting and he did not act on what was requested. Unless the prime minister deliberately shuts his eyes there is no difficulty in knowing everything. It would be incredible that the prime minister would not know. The system is so structured.

Second, all the telecom dealings were done in public. The Prime Minister's Office would certainly read the newspapers. There was so much commotion in Sanchar Bhuvan that people were beaten up the day the allotment of 2G spectrum was announced. The point is that the prime minister himself wrote a letter and as politely as possible gave instructions that please examine the issue of auctioning of spectrum and determining its price in a fair and transparent manner. And his minister disregards that. Do you think that the PM would not know that?

It was the letter signed by him that was ignored. Coalition dharna doesn't mean that I will become protector of the corrupt. I feel the prime minister must have known about the 2G issue. That's evident from all sorts of facts. Second, coalition compulsions do not give you the license to abdicate your duty.

If your minister is doing something wrong, as captain of the team, the prime minister owes the responsibility to the country to stop the minister. If the PM had confronted Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief M Karunanidhi with all the evidence, I don't imagine he would have told the PM, 'Don't take action against Raja'.

Source: http://www.rediff.com/news/report/interview-arun-shourie-on-the-real-meaning-of-the-radia-tapes1/20101201.htm

Who is this Raja - the one stole 40 billon dollors?

Do you know what India can do with 40 billion dollors lost in 2G spectrum scam.

Chief Vigilence commisoner P J Thomas wanted to resign but stays

Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) P J Thomas, the former Secretary of the department of telecommunications, is likely to step down on Tuesday days after the Supreme Court questioned his track record in the wake of investigations into the 2G spectrum allocation scam. Does not government know it before Supreme court notices it? The government reduced CVC post, the very post which needs to protect India from evils of corruption, to the immoral level.

The Government's counsel and Solicitor General (SG) Gopal Subramanium, told that Thomas had volunteered to recluse himself from completely dealing with the 2G probe being conducted by the CBI. He said this was in the highest traditions of the Indian civil services. Is it believable or just saver of the day?

Read more: 2G scam: CVC PJ Thomas to step down?

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/2g-scam-p-j-thomas-is-still-the-cvc-but-will-not-oversee-probe/718537/

Partial measures by government of Inda to placate people

Pressure on government is increasing and so it told today that it is issuing show cause notices to 85 companies that have not started work yet. Why is it not just canceling their licenses? What about the rest of licenses that are issued at 2001 prices? We can not trust at this juncture unless the actions are complete and really taken.

Source: Govt threatens to scrap 85 ‘ineligible’ telecom licences

National Campaign Against Corruption - killcorruption youtube videos playlist

News update from "National Campaign Against Corruption"

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Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan sent one Re 1/- to prime minister Dr. Manmohan Singh

Supreme court Slams CBI for slipshot investigation on 2G Spectrum Scam

Supreme Court slammed CBI for its slow and careless investigation on biggest loss to public exchequer so far. Our CBI is not independent and is under control of central government. We need independent anti corruption agency similar to what Hongkong and other countries have.

Please stand up Mr. Manmohan Singh - Mumbai Pulse

Excerpts from Kill Corruption petition comments


Yes, Dr. Manmohan Singh, our beloved Prime Minister. We the people of this Great Nation know that you are innocent on on all these corruptions and you are the last person in this country to indulge in such acts. But we are also know that you are a Great administrator & a great patriot, capable of dealing with such situations by which the whole nation passing through. If you miss this chance to erradicate this corruption probably the nation & its history will NOT pardon you. Wake Up Sardarji, we, the whole nation and its people are with you. Let us open a NEW era in the history of India and the Mankind.


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An honest Prime Minister is as bad as a dishonest Prime Minister when he is ineffective in curbing corruption by any of his cabinet minister. Shri Manmohan Singhji's lack of prompt and decisive action makes him the collaborator in looting India and Indians. We are sure that he is moving in full speed from inaction to action. Corrupt leaders do even more damage to the country than terrorists because these leaders plunder the nation everyday every moment. How can honest citizens survive the rapid inflation being caused by such humungous misappropriation of public funds? No doubt the maximum black money in Swiss Accounts is from Indians. Maybe demand for JPC inquiry is to get more MPs to get part of the loot. What is required is FIRs and appropriate suits in the courts of law. The PM is disappointing the nation with his inaction when it is most needed.


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Yes Prime Minister, keep our respect and do the needful.

Vested interest of Prime Minister - Pulse of Indian

Comment from http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/killcorruption/signatures?page=2

It is really shameful. If you can't take action on this, quit and go Mr. Prime Minister. A clean Prime Minister who cannot take action against corrupt team members has some vested interest for himself in not taking action. if not money, maybe Power. Don't be so significant for power Sir. We respect you. Either take action or quit. Let your political bosses take a call.

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Yeah, Sonia Gandhi today declared Manmohan Singh is clean. However they have vested interest in power.

2G spectrum scam CAG report - major points

From Corruption News

2G spectrum Scam - CAG report

From Corruption News

Spectrum tapes and Gas tapes

You might have noticed tapes leaked and this time it included several journalists like Vir Sanghvi and Burka Dutt. See outlook article for power tape details.  The point to be considered here is - the country is on sale/auction between the rich, powerful, media, politicians, and power brokers, and we the common people are just economic assets who contribute to making the rich more rich.. and so on. How many media houses are covering. This practically says our democracy has become a joke, we're in the gutters.
Check this http://indiasreport.com/magazine/data/the-radia-papers-raja-tata-ambani-connection/ for some information.

It is time to take decisive action. Come and participate in National Campaign Against Corruption  now or our country has no future.

J Gopikrishnan - First hero in spectrum scam

The man who felled a king
November 23, 2010   3:25:20 AM
Chandan Mitra | New Delhi

The Pioneer felicitates J Gopikrishnan, who unearthed the spectrum scam

For a long time, I did not even know that J Gopikrishnan was a stringer based in Thiruvananthapuram working for The Pioneer’s now-aborted Kochi edition. So when he came to Delhi pleading for a job at the headquarters once the Kochi edition shut in 2007, I was rather sceptical. I told Bureau chief Navin Upadhyay that although I had noticed a few bylined stories by him, Gopi had no exposure to Delhi and, therefore, was unlikely to have any worthwhile contacts here. Navin, however, persuaded me to try him out for three months. In fact, the letter of appointment specifically mentioned this along with a “stipend” that was truly laughable by Delhi standards.

Gopi did not break any earth-shaking stories during the trial period. But his sincerity, diligence, dogged pursuit of stories and pleasing personality made up for that. He was given a proper appointment letter after three months although his salary remained rather low. My opinion began to change after friends in Left parties began to mention him to me in Parliament’s Central Hall, pointing to the depth of his knowledge of the telecom sector. Officially, he was on the Left beat so I still did not attach too much significance to that.

Then the cascade began. Starting mid-2008, he broke one story after another on scandalous ramifications of the 2G spectrum allotment. The issue was complex and most people don’t understand its intricacies even now. But Gopi had cracked the scandal.

And as one exclusive report followed another, information flowed to him like a magnet attracting pins. Navin worked hard on these reports, filling up missing links, polishing them and quoting relevant documents. The 2G scam was Gopi’s passion and he scoured the Net, apart from visiting officers in their offices and homes, gathering material. He had friends across the political “spectrum”; Gopi, despite his Kerala origins, was ideology-neutral.

I don’t know how much pressure he came under and from which quarters. But I faced more pressure over these reports than anything else in my 27 years of journalism, of which nearly 20 have been spent in senior editorial positions. I am proud to have withstood them. But even more proud that I gave a dynamic young man from Kerala a break in the national media, a break he used to do the nation a sterling service. J Gopikrishnan has made history and The Pioneer basks in his achievement.

The Pioneer Investigative Team asked Gopi to unravel his journey from a fledgling political reporter to giant killer. Excerpts from a chat:

Q: How did you come across the 2G scam story? 

A: We sensed a scam when Swan and Unitech started offloading shares at whopping prices of `4,500 crore and `6,200 crore in September 2008. Bureau chief Navin Upadhyay asked me to dig for information and luckily we got a great whistleblower, who knew the ins and outs of the Telecom Ministry. He once told me the PM was totally unhappy with Raja and had summoned him to ask what was going on. 

Slowly, the whistleblower narrated the entire range of corruption in the Ministry. Those days, Minister Raja was making false claims that he had followed his predecessors. This young Government officer told me about the parking of funds in front companies by the Minister and his associates in the name of relatives. He told me who the actual beneficiaries of the scam were, including corporates, politicians and lobbyists. 

This officer asked me to talk to my Editor and get his consent and only then would he reveal further. The Editor told me to go ahead and the whistleblower became a goldmine of hidden information for The Pioneer. Days and nights of discussion and checking the authenticity of facts happened in his office and at many crowded places in the city, once it became important to avoid detection.

Q: Which was the first story you did and what was the reaction?

A: After finding out the gamut of front companies dealing in real estate, we decided to expose Raja’s ill-gotten wealth. Chandan Mitra and Navin Upadhyay saw all documents and decided to go ahead with the series. The first story appeared on December 11, 2008, on Raja’s main real estate front company, Green House Promoters. The details of other companies and hidden irregularities in the spectrum scam were published over the following days.

Q: Did you come under pressure to stop the campaign? How did you ward them off?

A: I met Raja after the first report, as directed by the Editor. He alleged that I was being funded by his rivals in the party and even told me some names. He was visibly shaken asking me how I got the details of his personal assets. He requested me to avoid writing. My reply was that I had been deputed by the Editor only to take his version, nothing else. Raja agreed to speak, but repeatedly requested me to stop writing further on this. Similarly, many corporate groups were after me with the same plea. I must say none threatened or behaved badly.

Those days, Raja was planning to conduct the 3G auction at cheap base rates without Cabinet’s approval. Many agents from the corporate sector requested us to stop our series of exposes, saying our reports would force the Government to refer the 3G auction to an EGoM. We told them that was exactly what we wanted. But I must say some friends with contacts in high places warned me I may be targeted. It was a hidden warning, which I ridiculed. It would not be fair to reveal what kind of offers were made by different entities to avoid the 3G issue going to an EGoM. But finally, the Cabinet referred it to an EGoM, which put Raja out of the picture and the nation netted `1.06 lakh crore.

Q: Did any political or corporate entity offer you financial inducements to stop writing on this?

A: Yes, they did. The figures were mind-boggling. Corporate lobbyists and Raja’s people even asked me to stop informing the Editor and end the series abruptly. I told them even the meeting with them was in the knowledge of the Editor and the Bureau chief. Some shameless fellows tried to access Raja, claiming friendship with me. Some were acting as double agents. One top lobbyist was actually a double agent. That person was leaking information against Raja while providing information to him too. Pressure on the whistleblower was enormous by now, but he stood by us fearlessly. There were several politicians who enlightened and encouraged me. Some bureaucrats and police officials also guided our investigations.

Q: Do you think the matter will end with Raja’s resignation or will more heads roll?

A: I personally feel the court cases filed by Subramanian Swamy and Prashant Bhushan would come to logical conclusions, leading to the cancellation of all licences which were found illegal by CAG. The court may direct auctions to be held like the old petrol pump scam of Satish Sharma. I don’t expect anything from the Government in this matter. Some persons, including Raja, may face the wrath of the law. I don’t think anything harsh will happen to corporates from the Government’s side. After the CAG report and PAC findings, if the Government has the willpower, it can -- by executive order -- cancel all licences and order auction, which will definitely fetch around `2-3 lakh crore. 

Q: How do you think the Government can make the spectrum policy transparent and above board?

A: Spectrum management should be handed over to ISRO, but no politician would like that for obvious reasons. In India, spectrum is not yet audited. No one knows how much spectrum is available. This was purposefully done for making easy money. First the Government should ask an organisation like ISRO to audit spectrum availability in all departments. Only then will transparency come.

Q: After Telecom what? Do you have more targets in mind?

A: No idea. I felt totally exhausted upon learning of Raja’s resignation. I was expecting good news on Sunday, when sources told me Pranab Mukherjee had firmly asked Karunanidhi at 11.30 am to remove Raja. This was doubly confirmed when they later said Raja was forced to sign the papers around 5.30 pm. Anyway, no idea what’s for me next…life will go on. I was covering Health and Left (parties) those days. By a stroke of luck, Raja came on our radar…

Virtual pat on back

Within minutes of A Raja submitting his letter of resignation to the Prime Minister late Sunday night, India’s twitterati erupted into joyous celebrations. Pouring ridicule and vitriol on the scam-tainted Minister, twitterers across India heaped praise on The Pioneer and tweeted congratulatory messages to J Gopikrishnan by the hundreds. Several of the tweets were RT’ed, or re-tweeted, amplifying the overwhelming outpouring of goodwill for the paper. Had the news not broken on a Sunday, that too late in the night, when people are usually offline, both The Pioneer and Gopi would have trended globally, which they almost did, such was the enthusiastic response. The congratulatory tweets continued to pour in through Sunday night and Monday from Indians around the world. Tellingly, many of the tweets pointed out that The Pioneer persisted with a story that no ‘big’ paper would touch or 24x7 news channels would report. Along with Raja, Delhi’s self-appointed ‘MSM’, or mainstream media, was the clear loser! 


Source: http://www.dailypioneer.com/296854/The-man-who-felled-a-king.html

Kapil Sibal attacks Swamy's reputation

Barkha Dutt: But I am sure, that the PM, and you called him a sensitive man today, you know, one knows that about him. He couldn't be happy that the Supreme Court spoke about his alleged inaction in silence. 

Kapil Sibal: This is not a question about being happy or unhappy. The question is the PM.... you can't even imagine the number of things the PM has to do, and for his attention to be diverted with respect to a man who is only interested in political one upmanship...

Barkha Dutt: Subramanian Swamy you mean right?

Kapil Sibal: Whatever....one upmanship...and for him to be distracted  and more important things of the nation being put aside, I think is very unfortunate for the nation. It belittles our nation that people like these can actually try to destabilise the system. 

Barkha Dutt: Why do you think Subramanian Swamy is trying to destabilise the system? Irrespective of what your opinions are of him as a politician or an individual, he argues that his is completely within his legal right under the prevention of corruption act to seek sanction for prosecution because he already has the available material to prosecute A Raja.

Kapil Sibal: Wonderful. You hit the nail on the head. You used the word sanction for prosecution, but before you seek sanction for prosecution there is an investigation. 

Barkha Dutt: He says he's done that investigation.

Kapil Sibal: No no. He's not CBI. Is he the CBI, or has God given him the authority to investigate on behalf of India, and to attack all the criminals in India? What's the writ? Has the court given him a writ? Look we appoint you an investigator, you can be an investigator, I can be an investigator. Look lots of Indians in this country can say, but if the law admits that, why not.

Barkha Dutt: Isn't it paradoxical that the CAG report speaks about Raja bypassing the Prime Minister? This is not me, this is the CAG report. On the other hand there is a situation, perhaps because of the political mismanagement with the Prime Minister getting ensnared in the controversy. Wouldn't the controversy end if the Prime Minister just spoke? Why doesn't he speak?

Kapil Sibal: If the Prime Minister spoke, Subramanian Swami will speak much louder and more often. I don't know... 

Barkha Dutt: So that why he's not speaking? 

Kapil Sibal: No, it's not that. See, why are you expecting the Prime Minister to do A or B. Let there be a debate in Parliament. The Prime Minister will do what's best.

Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/full-transcript-kapil-sibal-on-the-2g-controversy-and-the-pms-court-case-67432?cp

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That may be good oratory skills of leader. However is it not the responsibility of Prime Minister's office to respond to important and precious resource allocation, which has hundreds of employees paid with public money? Read also full article and there are at least four investigative agencies CBI, PAC, JPC and CAG. We need a system where investigation proceeds faster and does not last two years in important issues like this.

Mamata Benerjee: Spectrum vs, Rajarhat land acquistion

Mamata Benejee told that "They(CPM) are attacking the government over the CAG report (on the spectrum allocation) but over the last 34 years of the uninterrupted rule, the Left Front has disallowed the opposition to raise or discuss CAG strictures against the government in the assembly".  Is the issue whether left front has moral authority to talk? Politicians twist the issue into their favorite issue of Rajarhut land acquisition. The greater issue is how the public funds can be recovered and how the policy and organisations will be setup to avoid future scams like this.


  

What are Swamy's letters to Manmohan Singh about?

Many believe that  Swamy was complaining about Raza and take action against Raza in his letters to PM. He was just asking permission to prosecute Raja. According to present laws, MPs and MLAs can not be prosecuted without permission from prime minister or chief minister.

Vidywati, officer who filed affidavit on behalf of Prime Minister,  told media that according to the advice received from the department of legal affairs, the decision of granting saction for prosecution may be determined only after the perusal of the evidence (oral or documentary) collected by the investigative agency like CBI and other materials to be provided by the competent authorities. What does this mean? We need system where investigation against corrupt politicians can be done easily.

Can we trust Manmohan Singh?

Supreme court ordered the prime minister's office to submit affidavit on inaction by Man Mohan Singh. He while addressing media told all the guilty found will be punished. Can we trust it?

Our prime minister has high level of integrity. No one in country think Manmohan Singh is corruptible and every one believes he is one of the clean leaders. However he looks other way when his subordinates loot public money.  His integrity can not be extended to his own office. He is like clean face to immoral things happening in house,  He can be compared to Dharmaj, who says Ashwathama Atah or Bishma who fights for the king in power and does not talk.  Swamy furnised proof of fraud two years back and PM still selected another DMK minister Raza as Telecom minister after re-election.  Single minister was not able to sanction contracts earlier and a cabinet of few minsters had to agree for granting public resources. The rules were changed so that individual ministries, whether it is land or spectrum, can abuse their power.

What do we want? We do not want to be in dilemma of good king and bad army. We want the government organisations function the way where the people found of guilty will be punished regardless of the situation.  Investigative organisations should not need to get permission for every thing.  Many organisations should have been merged like US did after 9/11 events. Powerful anti corruption agency need to be established.

Spectrum Scam vs. illegal mining in Karnataka

Pranab Mukharjee told if BJP wants JPC on spectrum 2G issue, then it should agree to JPC on illegal mining in Karnataka.  How do you read this?

If one is for congress regardless of their policies or hate BJP regardless of few policies you disagree, he enjoys this attack and sees this as tit for tat.  Most of us are not. We look at bad politicians in both parties with equal disgust and disgrace.  We want mechanisms to avoid granting public resources at low cost with no or first come first served bidding and obtained with corruption, on the basis of bribery and abuse of power.

Joint parliamentary committee - a solution?

The opposition parties BJP and CPM have been stalling parliament for a week and the INC, the party in power, is denying the need for any joint parliamentary committee. Entire media is watching and reporting the comments from the leaders of both sides.

Creating JPC is reasonable and moral method followed in democracy. 

• It is most useful in cases where there is difference of opinion between the parties involved in an issue. Say in case Ayodha Masjid vs. Temple or Telangana state formation, people across the table needs to hear appeals of all sides and the committee come with common solution.  The current spectrum scam is not such issue.
• It is also used to restore the trust in the government when there are public doubts in the way some body of government functioned. The committee observe all the administrative records and come up with a conclusion whether there was misdeed.  Spectrum scam fits this profile.

Why is congress government not willing to agree to JPC? If it is against any other government organisation like central bank or university grants commission,  it will agree. However the case is about a ministry of the government and very center of the government. Why do the central government want some one in opposition investigate the case against them?  The answer it says is the case is being looked by investigative agencies. What are those agencies?  CBI and TRAI that can not work independently without support from ministers.

The opposition is not right for different reason. First, the supreme court is on the issue now and there is need for another committee to investigate now. Secondly, is there something need to be proved now? It is known fact now from the leaks of CAGS report.  All parties now need to work on two solutions - how to recover funds of public exchequer and institutions to avoid future scams.

Aag Jani Chahiye

आग जलनी चाहिए
- दुष्यन्त कुमार (Dushyant Kumar)

हो गई है पीर पर्वत-सी पिघलनी चाहिए
इस हिमालय से कोई गंगा निकलनी चाहिए

आज यह दीवार, परदों की तरह हिलने लगी,
शर्त लेकिन थी कि ये बुनियाद हिलनी चाहिए

हर सड़क पर, हर गली में, हर नगर, हर गाँव में
हाथ लहराते हुए हर लाश चलनी चाहिए

सिर्फ हंगामा खड़ा करना मेरा मकसद नहीं,
सारी कोशिश है कि ये सूरत बदलनी चाहिए

मेरे सीने में नहीं तो तेरे सीने में सही
हो कहीं भी आग, लेकिन आग जलनी चाहिए।