Barad: While concluding this posting, I pose few questions which most Indians are asking in connection with telecom scam: 1) is not PM entrusted by the
constitution to uphold the national interest first? Has he done justice to this basic requirement? 2) how could he ignore his cabinet minister Raja choking a public revenue stream? 3) why did he not say NO to Raj and defined his limits of his arbitrariness 4) why did he allow the CBI to underperform in investigating telecom scandal? 5) it appears that Manmohan Singh works as though he is answerable to hidden extra-constitutional force and not to entire nation? If so, which is that hiding force? Although answers are self-evident, I expect Marshall Mendonza will answer them. In telecom scam, Manmohan Singh is not only guilty of omission but is on the verge of being accused of complicity. Response: I am posting a few excerpts from some scandals unearthed during BJP rule. For the moment I am leaving out the current scams engulfing Yeddyurappa in Karnataka: Land scam: ‘To its discomfiture, the land records available with the Urban Development Ministry proved that in the last two years, Sangh Parivar affiliates were provided prime real estate at throwaway prices in central locations. According to details available so far, the highest number of allotments made by the Urban Development Ministry in the last two years have gone to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) in the heart of New Delhi at one-tenth the going market rate. http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1918/19180180.htm Tehelka: ‘New Delhi: CBI (Central Bureau of Investigations) today (Dec 6, 2004) registered cases against former BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) President Bangaru Laxman and Janata Dal (United) leader Jaya Jaitley in the Tehelka scam naming them as accused. In all, five cases were filed. The FIRs were filed before the special CBI court under various provisions of Prevention of Corruption Act and Section 120-B (criminal conspiracy). In the first case, CBI alleged that former BJP President Bangaru Laxman, along with his personal staff Uma Maheshwari and one Raju, entered into a criminal conspiracy and allegedly took bribe with malafide intention, CBI sources said. Jaya Jaitley, who was the then President of Samata Party, was booked with the others, including former Major General S P Murgai, Surendran and Gopal for allegedly taking bribe, the sources said.’ http://news.indiainfo.com/2004/12/06/0612cbitehelka.html Petrol Pumps: ‘Everything is ‘‘legitimate and objective’’ about this scam, first reported in The Sunday Express on July 21. In November 2000, to allot petrol pumps and LPG dealerships, the Government set up Dealer Selection Boards across the country, each had three members, many had retired judges as chairmen—all handpicked by Petroleum Minister Ram Naik. Ads were placed, candidates called for an interview. So ‘objective’ was this method that over half of the 3,850 allotments until May this year went to BJP workers, their relatives and Parivar allies. ‘ http://www.expressindia.com/grfx/newspic/020802.pdf Telecom: ‘*The petition estimated that this caused a loss of Rs.1,100 crores to the exchequer**,* on the basis of the difference in the licence fee payable to the government by a fully mobile service provider and a WLL service provider. *Gravely concerned about the serious illegality and corruption involved in the case, as well as the lack of action by the authorities concerned, the Citizens Forum Against Corruption, through one of its eminent members, Prashant Bhushan, an advocate in the Supreme Court, requested the CVC, the CBI and the Prime Minister, through separate letters, to initiate criminal investigations against the persons concerned. The Forum approached the Supreme Court after its reminder-letters to these authorities failed to get any response.’* *The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) too acknowledged to Frontline the receipt of the complaint sent by the Forum on May 18, 2005. It was duly sent to the Anti-Corruption Unit of the Grievance Redressal Cell of the PMO, where it has been gathering dust. **‘* http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2301/stories/20060127004603000.htm* Barad has posed the above questions(refer http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-November/201897.html). I am reproducing the questions having taken the liberty of changing certain names and replacing them with others for obvious reasons. This is how Barad’s questions now read: “While concluding this posting, I pose few questions which most Indians were asking in connection with the various scams: 1) was not PM entrusted by the constitution to uphold the national interest first? Has he done justice to this basic requirement? 2) how could he ignore his cabinet ministers Pramod Mahajan, Ananth Kumar, George Fernandes, Ram Naik choking a public revenue stream? 3) why did he not say NO to Pramod Mahajan, Ram Naik, George Fernandes, Bangaru Laxman and Ananth Kumar and define the limits of their arbitrariness 4) why did he allow the CBI to underperform in investigating telecom, petrol pump, tehelka and land scam scandals? 5) it appears that Atal Behari Vajpayee worked as though he is answerable to hidden extra-constitutional force (read RSS) and not to entire nation? If so, which is that hiding force? Although answers are self-evident, I expect U G Barad will answer them. “ Regards, Marshall