CM must resign for a fair inquiry on 2G spectrum or centre to dismiss DMK, says Vijayakanth.

CM must resign for a fair inquiry on 2G spectrum or centre to dismiss DMK, says Vijayakanth.

DMDK leader and actor Vijayakanth on Sunday[27-2-2011] demanded that chief minister M Karunanidhi must resign to facilitate a fair investigation by the CBI into the 2G spectrum scam. In the event of Karunanidhi not resigning his post, Vijayakanth wanted the Centre to dismiss the state government. He noted that hesitation on the part of the Congress to act against the DMK would lead to people suspecting its involvement in the scam as well.


In a statement, Vijayakanth said the trail of spectrum money had led the investigators to the doorsteps of Kalaignar TV, owned by the chief minister’s family members.


Apart from the Rs 200-odd crore received by Kalaignar TV from DB Realty promoter Shahid Balwa, the channel had received money from a Singapore-based firm, which was another beneficiary in the spectrum allocation, Vijayakanth alleged.


The CBI investigation into the scam could get scuttled if Karunanidhi continued as chief minister, he said. The logic behind A Raja’s resignation as minister should be applicable to Karunanidhi as well, he noted.


A day after chief minister M Karunanidhi hinted that he would continue to take on administrative responsibilities if his DMK-led alliance returns to power after the assembly elections, his older son and Union minister MK Alagiri declared at a public function here on Sunday that his father would become the chief minister for the 6th time. “Kalaingar (Karunanidhi) will be elected chief minister not only for the sixth time, but even a seventh time,” Alagiri said.


He was speaking at the function organized to lay the foundation stone for the buildings of the Anna University of Technology.


On Sunday, participating in a function in Chennai, Karunanidhi had said, “In another six years, all huts across Tamil Nadu will be converted to concrete houses. If you are wondering if I will be around for another 6 years, let me tell you I will be there and the DMK regime will also be there,” Karunanidhi said.


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Raja made 3,000cr in bribes and Kalaignar TV received 200 crore as loan.

Raja made 3,000cr in bribes and Kalaignar TV received 200 crore as loan.

The Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate have estimated that former telecom minister A Raja could have got bribes to the tune of Rs 3,000 crore, and have put the loss to the exchequer from the underselling of spectrum at Rs 40,000-50,000 crore.


The two agencies have linked bribes Raja got to the order he passed on January 2008 to suddenly bring forward the cut-off date for applications for spectrum from the initial October 21, 2007, to September 25, 2007. The deadline switch eliminated many applications, enabling Raja to favour a select few with spectrum.


In the process, Raja became richer by approximately Rs 3,000 crore. These are initial estimates of Raja’s alleged new-found wealth as well as the loss to the exchequer and are not part of the progress report submitted by the CBI and the ED to the Supreme Court on Thursday. In their report to the court, the agencies said some telecom companies, who eventually got licences, had got drafts for licence fees ready even before the revised cut-off date of September 25, 2007, implying that they were aware of the minister’s plan to change the deadline.


The companies that have been accused of collusion with Raja include Swan, Unitech, Videocon, STel and Aircel. The new licencees got huge foreign investments. One of them brought in share capital worth 625 million Singapore dollars and in another case, $8 million came in via Dubai.


Top DMK leaders went into a huddle on Thursday 10-2-2011 , stunned by the CBI submission before the Supreme Court that former telecom minister A Raja had got Rs 3,000-crore kickbacks out of 2G spectrum allotment. Party sources told TOI that the DMK planned to arrange a team, led by a top defence lawyer, for Raja to control the possible damage in the run-up to the assembly polls this year.


On Tuesday 9-2-2011 the CBI arrested Shahid Balwa, a director of DB Etisalat. DB, or Dynamix Balwas, is a joint venture between the Balwa family and Vinod Goenka. Tax officials, during a raid on Cineyug Films, found a series of transfers from DB’s group companies such as DB Realty and DB Infrastructure Pvt Ltd to another group company, Dynamix Realty, to yet another group company, Kusegaon Fruits & Vegetables Pvt Ltd, to Cineyug, in which Kusegaon has a 49% stake, and finally to Kalaignar TV.


A Cineyug spokesperson responded in writing to say, “We, Cineyug Films, have given a loan amounting to Rs 200 cr to Kalaignar TV during the year 2008-09 and 2009-10. The entire loan amount has been received back along with interest. CBI states they are going to verify the genuineness of these transactions with Sarath Kumar who is one of the Directors of Kalaignar TV.


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Karuna’s notice and Swamy seeks governor’s nod to prosecute Karuna.

Karuna’s notice and Swamy seeks governor’s nod to prosecute Karuna.


A day after chief minister M Karunanidhi sent a legal notice to Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy for alleging that he was a beneficiary in the 2G spectrum scam, Swamy went on the offensive by seeking permission from governor Surjit Singh Barnala to prosecute Karunanidhi for allegedly allotting land to a “favoured few” under the government’s discretionary quota (GDQ) in “violation” of rules.


Speaking to reporters on Monday 7-2-2011 after submitting his petition at the governor’s office (he could not meet Barnala), Swamy said, “He (Karunanidhi) has violated every rule and allotted land to a favoured few.”


Swamy claimed he had enough evidence to prove the charges and that he had sought permission from the governor to approach a special court to file criminal cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act against the CM and others.


AIADMK Chief Jayalalitha supported Swamy for including Karunanidhi in the 2g Spectrum scam.


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