Sonia Gandhi Made Rs 30,000 Cr in 2G Spectrum Scam - Dr Swamy
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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (PS)
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Mangalore, Feb 26: Dr Subrahmanian Swamy, national president of Janata party, demanded the cancellation of all licenses and their reallocation and asserted that only such a move would bring about a solution to the 2G spectrum imbroglio.
He was delivering a talk at a programme organized by Citizen Council, Mangalore at Sanghanikethan, Mannagudda, here on Saturday February 26.
He covered many issues in his comprehensive talk, including corruption, economic distress caused by corruption, illegal money deposited in Swiss banks by political and corporate bigwigs, Hindutva, among others.
He recalled that the central government had once cancelled allocation of petrol bunk licences and had reallocated them to clean up the mess in the auction procedures.
On a lighter note, he said that earlier the catchphrase for India was 'Satyam Shivam Sundaram' but today it is 'Satyam Spectrum Scam.'
Before expounding on the 2G spectrum scam, Dr Swamy said that such a blunder had never before happened in India, "Hence, it is my duty to tell what the 2G scam is all about in simple terms. Telecom licences for the 2G spectrum were issued in 2008 at 2001 prices, resulting in a massive loss of Rs 1,76,000 crore to the nation. This estimated loss is almost equal to defense budget of the country," he said.
"When I called Kapil Sibal and Montek Singh Ahluwalia for public debate on the issue, they did not dare to come," he said, and lamented the cynical attitude of the public and the media at a time when new scams are battering the economy every other day.
Coming down severely on the focus on Rahul Gandhi as the future prime minister, he said the '2G,' - Sonia G and Manmohan G - were more than enough for the people to tolerate, and they would not want another G - Rahul G - adding to the list.
"Manmohan Singh was not 'elected' but 'appointed' Prime Minister and he took action on the 2G scam only after I filed a criminal case against Raja," he said. He said that the country is ready for another election but not for another PM from the UPA.
"Raja, who used to ride a bicycle in Chennai earlier, now possess an asset worth 6000 thousand crores. How could he gather such a big amount?" he questioned. He also accused Sonia Gandhi of pocketing Rs 30,000 crore in the 2G scam, and said that the reason she does not want to file a defamation case against him is that she fears being taken to the witness box.
Taking a jibe at Karunanidhi, he narrated an anecdote wherein the Tamil Nadu leader had questioned him whether Lord Rama was an engineer as his name was attached with a bridge (Rama Sethu), which was an insult to the god. But when he fell sick soon after he was admitted to Ramachandra hospital, and Swamy retorted that maybe Rama was an MBBS.
Speaking on the issue of black money, he said that he had suggested the earlier government to investigate the source of Rahul Gandhi's college fees when he was studying in the US, but no action was taken.
A Raghavendra Rao, chairman Srinivas Group of Institutions presided over the programme. Bhaskar Devasya, president, Citizen Councils, M K Suvrath Kumar, convener, Rajkamal Das, secretary were also present in dais.
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