Police security was misused by Karunanidhi for his 135 family members.

Police security was misused by Karunanidhi for his 135 family members.


Chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Friday charged the previous DMK regime with misusing the state police force to give “unofficial” security cover to as many as 135 family members of her predecessor M Karunanidhi.


Replying to the debate on the motion of thanks to the governor’s address, she pointed out that police personnel were unofficially deployed at the residence of Karunanidhi’s son and Union fertilizer minister M K Alagiri. “In addition, police force was also posted for close associates of Alagiri,” she said.


Jayalalithaa said that in the name of providing security to VIPs, security posts were set up at more than 10 places in Chennai alone. “The services of the police were utilised for providing security to political leaders, private organisations and for VIPs in Madurai,” she said in a clear reference to DMK strongman Alagiri. “In some cases, traffic police were on VIP duty from 4am to 11pm in the last five years. However, these personnel have now been recalled and posted at various places to oversee the smooth flow of traffic. “I have ordered the police force to take strict action against those who indulge in unlawful activities,” she said adding that the police machinery is now fully available for maintaining law and order.


She alleged Karunanidhi’s family members and party persons also influenced the government on postings ranging from the constable level to senior ranks.


Jayalalithaa, who has consistently maintained that her government’s top priority is to restore law and order and provide efficient governance, noted that during the previous regime, law and order issues were severely affected. “Once the Tamil Nadu police was compared to Scotland Yard. But during the past five years it has lost that good name and now it is in pathetic shape,” she said. The chief minister said she would bring the police force back on rails to help it regain its glory.


Landgrabbing and extortion were common problems during the previous regime, she said. Many were wrongfully dispossessed of their immovable properties through force and intimidation, she said, adding the government has decided to take appropriate action and restore such properties to their rightful owners by enacting a new law soon.


“People know that whenever I become chief minister, deterrent actions are pursued against anti-social elements and terrorists to make the state a haven of peace,” she said adding, the present government will take the required stringent measures and restore law and order in the state so that people can live in peace and fearlessly pursue their livelihood.


We request the Chief Minister to instruct the police Department to take quick action on the complaints received from the public duly registering them immediately.

323 Phone lines used by Maran were in the name of BSNL chiefG.M. Chennai

323 Phone lines used by Maran were in the name of BSNL chiefG.M. Chennai


Now pressure is mounting on Union textiles minister Dayanidhi Maran to step down with the Left parties and the BJP pressing for his resignation and the Congress and DMK leadership refusing to come to his defense. Maran, under fire over allegations that he favoured service provider Aircel during his stint as telecom minister, is now caught in a fresh controversy over the alleged misuse of BSNL phone lines for the Sun network run by his brother.


However, Maran himself went on the offensive by dismissing the latest report about phone lines being diverted from his residence to benefit the Sun group as “a political conspiracy”. He demanded an apology and compensation of Rs 10 crore.


According to a petition filed in the Supreme Court, Maran allegedly forced the promoter of cellular service provider Aircel to sell out to Malaysian telecom company Maxis, which invested 599 crore in Sun DTH in return for 14 spectrum licenses.


The media report says, Maran had a virtual telephone exchange at his Boat Club house in 2007 and linked it to the Sun TV office on Anna Salai. There were 323 phone lines used by him, which were listed in the name of BSNL chief general manager, Chennai Maran denied the charges and sent a legal notice to the newspaper on Thursday demanding 10 crore compensation as well as an unconditional apology


The Left parties were the first to react to the newspaper report, which alleged that a virtual telephone exchange was run from Maran’s residence here by commandeering 323 ISDN-equipped BSNL lines for feeding digital audio and video data to Sun TV through 3.4km-long cable lines laid at government expense.


The CPM state committee passed a resolution on Thursday demanding that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh remove Maran and institute a CBI inquiry into the loss to the national exchequer on account of the twin scams.


BJP’s chief spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said it was “a simple case of bribery and quid pro quo”. He reiterated the party’s demand for Maran’s resignation and called on the Prime Minister to “break his silence” and ensure a fair CBI investigation. We have to see, whether P.M. orders for a CBI probe in this case.

Whether Maran received indirect stakes from AIRCEL?

Whether Maran received indirect stakes from AIRCEL?

AFTER A RAJA former DMK Minister, the CBI’s next target in the 2G spectrum scam is Dayanidhi Maran the present Minister. Perhaps the youngest minister at 38, he served as telecom minister in UPA-1 from May 2004 to May 2007. He fell out of favour with his grand uncle, DMK supremo M Karunanidhi, but returned in 2009 as textiles minister in UPA-2. The CBI suspects he has indirect stakes in Aircel, which he allegedly promoted during his stint as telecom minister.


A CBI source told TEHELKA that there is a watertight case against Raja and DB Group MD Shahid Balwa. “We have tracked 2G spectrum money worth Rs. 200 crore, which was transferred from DB Group to DMK’s Kalaignar TV,” said a source. “We are only waiting for a reply to our letter rogatory (LR) sent to Mauritius about a month ago.” This query is about Mauritius- based Delphi Investments, which has stakes in Swan Telecom. The reply will only throw up names of some more beneficiaries in the scam. The puzzle about Unitech’s role is also more or less solved. The CBI will next investigate the allocation of spectrum during Maran’s stint.


JUSTICE PATIL’S report has also faulted Maran’s functioning. Recounting procedural lapses, the report says that Maran did not consult the Telecom Commission, the telecom department’s decision-making body, and ignored the Group of Ministers (GOM) while taking crucial policy decisions.


Intrigued by all this, the CBI is likely to summon Sivasankaran, Dr Reddy and Maxis Communications owners for questioning. The CBI is in the process of sending an LR to Malaysia to ascertain details of Maxis’ ownership, the sources say, while adding that Maran will also be questioned.


In his asset declaration for 2009-10, Maran did not appear to be particularly well-heeled, declaring only Rs.6.87 crore. He also owns a Mercedes valued at Rs. 8.10 lakh and a Toyata Innova at Rs. 12.24 lakh. His successor Raja appears to be even worse off, with assets of only Rs. 1.95 crore in 2009-10. The CBI has tracked Raja’s hidden money. Now it’s the turn of Maran.


Union textiles minister Dayanidhi Maran on Tuesday issued a legal notice to Tehelka magazine calling its report — that he had deliberately delayed clearing application for licenses of certain telecom companies in 2006 —a blatant and concocted lie. Maran, a grand nephew of former Tamil Nadu CM and DMK supremo M Karunanidhi, accused Tehelka of pursuing a jaundiced form of investigative journalism. According to the Tehelka report, Maran’s decision pressurized the telecom firm Aircel to strike a deal with Maxis. Tehelka said in a statement that it was yet to receive the notice. “We are told that Dayanidhi Maran has sent us a notice but we haven’t received it yet.


What Tehelka going to reply? we have to wait and see.

Hindu Gods idols were ransacked and buried under Masjid steps by Moghal Rulers. S.V.Ramani in “Raj TV”

Hindu Gods idols were ransacked and buried under Masjid steps by Moghal Rulers. S.V.Ramani in “Raj TV”


“Engal Baratham” editor S.V.Ramani during his interview in “Raj Tv” News channel on 15-5-2011 has explained about Indian Culture, and told during the invasion of Afghan emperors, the Hindu Temples in India were ransacked and the God ideals were buried under the steps of Masjids in Delhi.


The Moghal King Aurangazeb provoked by the Hindus of Banares he destroyed their temple of Vishnu and then razed to the ground a shrine at Mathura an on its site built a mosque. He had the idols brought to Agra, where they were buried under the steps of a mosque, so that Muslims might feel they were trampling them under foot. S.V.Ramani asked why in the name of Jihad the Islam people are having so much vengeance on others.


Ramani told that sages and poets in India have only preached the sense of unity love and moral habits as Indian culture. S.V. Ramani explained India has been a cultural unit on account of all-embracing religions; People of India have developed a peculiar type of culture and civilization, totally from any other type in the world. That civilization is called Indian culture. He also told that parents must cultivate good habits for their children from their young age, so that the western culture will not affect them.

With Landslide victory Jayalalitha must revive true Democracy in Tamilnadu

With Landslide victory Jayalalitha must revive true Democracy in Tamilnadu


AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa wrested power from the DMK in Tamil Nadu on Friday 13-5-2011 with a landslide win, crushing chief minister M Karunanidhi's hopes of heading the state for the sixth time.


.Jayalalitha delivered a blow to Alagiri's influence in south Tamil Nadu, wiping out his candidates in Madurai.


The factors behind the DMK’s humiliating defeat were the involvement of its leaders in the One crore seventy six lakhs 2G scam and the Karunanidhi family controlling all party affairs.


The comprehensive AIADMK win was set to deny the DMK the status of a recognized opposition party as the DMDK, headed by actor Vijayakanth, and the Left parties have said that they will offer "constructive opposition" to the AIADMK government. What this means is that in the new assembly, Karunanidhi will not even be the leader of the Opposition because the honour is likely to go to Vijayakanth, whose party bagged 29 more seats than the DMK.


Jayalalithaa’s victory not only reinforced the cyclical voting pattern of Tamil Nadu but also blew away the perception of a rural-urban divide that the DMK was banking on to see it through on the strength of the freebies and welfare schemes t felt had touched almost every household in the state.


The Congress, a DMK ally, won only five seats, a big fall from the 34 it had bagged in 2006. The poor showing means that the Congress will not be able to get its way in the Rajya Sabha elections. Significantly, the term of union shipping minister GK Vasan, a Rajya Sabha member, ends in August and the Congress will not be in a position to get him elected to the Upper House.


Addressing a press conference after her resounding victory, Jayalalithaa said her priority was to restore the rule of law in the state and rebuild Tamil Nadu’s economy, which the “outgoing government has left in ruins”. She said it would be a “formidable challenge”, which she was used to, referring to her earlier returns as chief minister.


It is the people ambition that Jayalalitha must revive the true Democracy in Tamil Nadu.

Kanimozhi Advocate shifts blame on Raja

Kanimozhi Advocate shifts blame on Raja

Faced with the prospect of being jailed for alleged complicity in the 2G spectrum allocation scam, Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi’s daughter Kanimozhi sought to distance herself from the main accused, former telecom minister A Raja, as evident on Friday[6-5-2011].


Arguing why she should not be jailed, Kanimozhi’s counsel Ram Jethmalani sharply differentiated her from Raja, maintaining that she was not party to the transfer of Rs 200 crore that the DMK-controlled Kalaignar TV got from DB Group, allegedly in return for the licence allotted to Swan Telecom. “Let us assume that at his instance (Raja’s), Rs 200 crore was routed to the TV channel. What is the offence committed by me? I am only a shareholder,” the veteran lawyer argued on behalf of Kanimozhi. “It is A Raja who could be accused of conspiracy, not Kanimozhi,” Jethmalani said.


He qualified his argument by emphasizing that he was quoting the CBI on the fund transfer, and he did not want to prejudice the case of other accused. But the argument clearly was that while others could be guilty, Kanmozhi wasn’t.


“I do not suggest that everybody is innocent in this case. But so far as I am concerned, I was not handling the day-to-day affairs of the company, which have been mentioned in the chargesheet,” Jethmalani said as he sought to disentangle his client from Raja as well as Kalaignar TV’s managing director Sharad Kumar.


On November 14 2010, when Raja was pressured to resign as telecom minister, Karunanidhi hailed him as "one who would always retained the party's confidence". The DMK supreme went on to add that "Raja had discharged his duties with honesty, fairness and sense of duty". But that was before his own daughter was indicted in the scam. Now A.Raja becomes the victim for the sake of kanimozhi.


On 7-5-2011 The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has opposed Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) MP Kanimozhi's bail plea, claiming that she is the controlling mind behind Kalaignar TV. The CBI also pleaded in the court to send Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV CEO Sharad Kumar to judicial custody.


After a long argument by Special Public Prosecutor UU Lalit, who appeared for the CBI, Judge OP Saini reserved the hearing on bail plea of Kanimozhi and others till May 14. The court also asked Kanimozhi and Sharad Kumar to appear before the court daily till May 14.


However, Vijay Agarwal, lawyer for co-accused Asif Balwa and Rajeev Agarwal, said that the CBI was adopting a "hostile" attitude against his clients while not arresting Kanimozhi and Sharad Kumar who had allegedly received bribes. We have to wait and see what the justice going to do?