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2G scam: Prime Minister should stop acting helpless, says Swamy | | Janata Party President Subramaniam Swamy, who has filed a petition seeking sanction to prosecute former
Telecom minister A Raja in the 2G spectrum scam case, on Thursday said Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh should stop acting helpless and soon take stringent actions
against those responsible for the scam. Swamy compared Dr Manmohan Singh to Abhimanyu,
a character in Hindu epic - Mahabharata, who has been trapped from all directions.
"Just like Abhimanyu (a character in Mahabharata - Hindu epic) was trapped in
Chakravyuh (conspiracy), similarly some power is trying to trap Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh. The Prime Minister should understand and he should not act like
Bhischarya (Bhishmpitamah, a character in Hindu epic, Mahabharata) and watch the
outrage of Draupadi's modesty (wife of the Pandavas) saying that I am helpless,"
Swamy told reporters here today. "This is not the time to act helpless he should
take some immediate actions like the illegal licenses should be cancelled and
asks the United States of America, to give out the details of all the bank transfers,"
he added Subramanian Swamy further said that this is the biggest scam of its kind
that the world has seen and corporates and members of all political parties have
reaped benefits from the scam. "All the lobbyists and corporate and politicians,
which political party is there which has not benefited from this scam? Can anybody
say? They should come and say before me that they are innocent and I will tell
them the truth," he said. Meanwhile, Congress leader Rajiv Shukla defended the
Government by slamming the Opposition for not cooperating and creating chaos in
the parliament. "When a complaint against one Chief Minister came then we accepted
his resignation, another minister was observed before the Supreme Court then also
his resignation was accepted. So the government is not showing any negligence
in taking action," SAID Shukla. "Yes, their (Bharatiya Janata Party) Chief Minister
of Karnataka is illegally acquiring large swathes of land, mine mafia is digging
out the entire state and no action is being taken against them. We are saying
that there is no corruption in our side as we are swiftly talking actions, it
is you (BJP) who have their eyes closed," he added. Earlier today, the apex court
asked for an affidavit to be filed by Saturday on behalf of the Prime Minister,
which explains why he took close to a year to respond to a request for the prosecution
of A Raja over 2G scam. Delivering the order, the court said: "It's an extremely
serious matter, we must know what has been kept back." The apex court has asked
for the details of communication between the PMO and Janata Party President and
former Law Minister Subramaniam Swamy, who had sought sanction for the prosecution
of Raja. In response to the apex court's order, Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium
said: "We are ready to submit all documents, all letters of Swamy have been dealt
with." The apex court had earlier on Tuesday asked the Government to explain why
the Prime Minister took eleven months in taking a decision on a plea for sanction
of prosecution of the former Telecom Minister in the controversial 2G spectrum
allocation issue. Raja was forced to resign on Sunday night under considerable
pressure from the Congress, which has been attacked in Parliament by a united
Opposition on corruption charges. |
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