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New Delhi: Maran Ready to Quit to Save PM from Embarrassment

  •   Fri, Jul 01 2011 10:47:59 AM

Daijiworld Media Network – New Delhi (SP)

New Delhi, Jul 1: It is learnt that union textiles minister, Dayanidhi Maran, during his one-to-one meeting with Prime Minister (PM), Manmohan Singh, offered to quit his post if the pressure for his ouster becomes unbearable. The minister had met the PM on Thursday June 30.

Maran has been facing the allegation that he was involved with the Aircel-Maxis deal. It may be recalled that former owner of Aircel, C Sivashankaran, had alleged that Maran, the then telecom minister, had coerced him into selling his  company to Maxis owned by Malaysian tycoon, T Anand Krishnan in December 2005. Maran has dismissed this allegation.

Maran reportedly told the Prime Minister that he is ready to put the papers, if his continuance in the ministry results in undue embarrassment for the latter. When the media sought to know the purpose of the visit, Maran had said that being a minister, he had met the PM for routine office work.

Maran had to relinquish his ministerial berth before the end of his tenure in the previous UPA government, because of a controversy between the business run by his family and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Karunanidhi’s family. During this crisis, a gang owing allegiance to Karunanidhi’s son, Azhagiri, had reportedly attacked a media house run by Marans.

Already, Maran’s successor in the ministry, A Raja, and Rajya Sabha member and Karunanidhi’s daughter, Kanimozhi, are in CBI custody relating to the 2G spectrum scam.

Senior DMK functionaries met Kanimozhi and A Raja in Tihar jail on Thursday. This has fuelled the speculation that stage is being prepared for Maran to quit the union cabinet.

 
  

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  • SANKARA NARAYANAN, NEW DELHI

    Fri, Jul 01 2011

    whosoever resigned so far should be ordered to return their looty to the Government of India because all the looty is illegally tapped from Indians.

    Ask Mr. Raja to deposti 3000 crores fo Rupees from his wife's Singapore bank account ask Mr. Kalmadi and Associates do follow suit, ask all other champions and trophy winners of all scams to return the looty to Government of India and start revenue recovery process if required.

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  • KRPrabhu, Mangalore/Bangalore

    Fri, Jul 01 2011

    All are ready to go to jail or quit the post but not to return the booty!Enquiry goes on and booty remains with the culprit,after CBI fails to find out the modes operandi of its dirversion!!!

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  • Chetan Gupta, Hyderabad

    Fri, Jul 01 2011

    Is there something left over?? "To save from Embarrassment"..It's already done too much in UPA government Regime,not by Maran Only, u start naming them, u will need extra papers. Our PM is technically and literally well educted but the fact that he do not directly handle the governement is well known. So far, in these years we haven't seen that much strong initiatives/response from him as expected. For all these years, so many cases happened, that too on a massivelevel, but the reaction came all over India and World and not from our PM. That is not good and acceptable. I agree he's from Congress but a PM must consider himself/herself above his/her party and not to follow on words of smeone. I hope it gets well soon.

    Regarding Mr.Maran, he's not the one for which i wanna say something. Likewise Raja,Kalmadi and many others, Maran is no different. they wanna Cook thier biscuits in Gold plated pans.Thats Normal when they have power that they will do. But thats not ethical from thier self front portion. I hope and we can hope only palz, that someday they atleast get a feeling that India should be known outside and inside too for the works and purity, not for its scandals. This is the place we had Bose,Amartya Sen, not to forget Mr.kalam and endless stories and Role Models. Just we need to follow them or make such an establishment that the world follow us. Thanks

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  • s.chandrakalaadhr, chennai

    Fri, Jul 01 2011

    d.maran is a cunning,highly selfish and self-seeking individual who would do anything to keep himself in limelight or in profittable positions..there is a great discontent even in dmk on him and a feeling that he is the root cause of all the troubles dmk faces today.that is why dmk has washed off its hands on him.he should be sacked forthwith,however efficiently he tries to cover up by curry favouring top leaders and book him for all his brazen acts

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