2G Scam Myths, Realities and Recent Controversies

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A face book community with 4Lakh members which called for resignation of the PM and blamed him for the scam.... As a proud Indian and a great admirer of Dr.Manmohan Singh I could not sit quite.

Dr.Manmohan Singh is most definitely one of the greatest PM India has known in its history..... his achievements so numerous that they are too many to count.... to name a few imp ones

He is the architect of India's Financial revival from a country about to go bankrupt in the 1990's to the economic powerhouse of today India's resurgence was sculpted by Dr.Manmohan Singh... countries world over recognize his achievements.

He is one who was able to remove India's nuclear paraiah status and thus getting India recognized as de-facto Nuclear state by the major world.. Now all the nations are falling over each other to do nuclear trade with when compared to the days when sanctions were levied against us by these very same countries... it is a huge achievement..

His government is one brought into MNREGS, RTI e.t.c which have been hailed world over as model legislation. RTI empowered the ordinary man to challenge the corrupt in a way never before seen in our country. MNREGS now brings hope 100s of millions of India's rural poor... brings food to their plate

His government gave 50,000 Crore farm loan waiver scheme for the Indian farmer which is an initiative unique in the world... something we would not have been able to If it was not for India's economic growth.

yet the so many of the people who are the direct beneficiaries of his brilliance... people who have jobs because he modernised our economy.... people who are able to be here chatting because of him... have so easily forgotten all that he has done for them.

As for this scam... The calculated loss is basis of money which was gained from 3G auction... considering that it is the same telecom minister and the same PM who made so much money for the country with 3G auction one has to ask if they are all so corrupt why didn't they just do it they way did it earlier for 3G as well....Also this loss of 1.7 lak crores is based on a hypothetical calculation by the CAG which says that it would have been better to auction of the 2G spectrum rather than give it on a first cum first serve basis... But one thing you forget is that, that decision was taken not by Raja or even the PM... it was a policy decision passed by the entire Parliament of which every opposition party that is making a fuss today is a part... Nobody had a problem with that decision then now everybody knows its would have been better to auction every body is all blame the other person... hind sight is always 20/20 my dear friends...Raja did some irregularities about that there is no doubt he advanced the dates of approval with out prior notice, he gave licences in non-transparent manner but these are not things with which PM has anything to do... If PM spent all his time looking at individual files from each department under him then even a 72hr day would not be enough for him. PM takes policy decision he appoints people to manage ministries it is not his job to micromanage.


And for this scam... The calculated loss is basis of money which was gained from 3G auction... considering that it is the same telecom minister and the same PM who made so much money for the country with 3G auction one has to ask if they are all so corrupt why didn't they just do it they way did it earlier for 3G as well....

Also this loss of 1.7 lak crores is based on a hypothetical calculation by the CAG which says that it would have been better to auction of the 2G spectrum rather than give it on a first cum first serve basis... But one thing you forget is that, that decision was taken not by Raja or even the PM... it was a policy decision passed by the entire Parliament of which every opposition party that is making a fuss today is a part... Nobody had a problem with that decision then now everybody knows its would have been better to auction every body is all blame the other person... hind sight is always 20/20 my dear friends...

Raja did some irregularities about that there is no doubt he advanced the dates of approval with out prior notice, he gave licences in non-transparent manner but these are not things with which PM has anything to do... If PM spent all his time looking at individual files from each department under him then even a 72hr day would not be enough for him. PM takes policy decision he appoints people to manage ministries it is not his job to micromanage.

And as for P.M.O not replying to Mr.Swamy's request for a 11 months... while I cannot categorically state why such a thing happened.... what I can categorically say is that most things in India do not happen fast... cases take time... a long time... In any Indian court or bureaucratic procedure takes time... any body who has any experience with government offices or courts will be able to attest to that fact.... Everything takes years to come through there are many reasons for such things...

Also this request was not a run of the mill request it was for initiating criminal procedures against sitting central minister... undoubtedly such an issue requires serious investigation and consideration before any decision is taken... and even a decision to set off an internal investigation would be a big decision to take something no PM, Manmohan Singh or not could have easily or own his own for that matter... may be 11 months is a long time but to blame individuals known for their integrity is counter-productive to the Nation....

I will accept that it should have been processed sooner at least with in 6-8 months but to say that P.M is culpable.... for a scam that happened nearly 2 years earlier to the filling of the complaint simply does not add up.