Two-G (2G) Spectrum Scam Tapes and follow-up

darshhan · Post by **darshhan** » 20 Nov 2010 02:04

Some links about 2g case in hindi.

http://bhadas4media.com/tv/5036-barkha-vir.html

http://bhadas4media.com/article-comment ... a-vir.html

http://bhadas4media.com/article-comment ... a-vir.html

http://bhadas4media.com/tv/5037-barkha-vir.html

ShivaS · Post by **ShivaS** » 20 Nov 2010 02:05

Swamyg ji>> A IAS couple in Patna stashed away 39 corores cash in their bed room it was all over in TV in desh.

SOmeone talked about how economy gets impacted by Bribes and graft. Economics wise it a indirect taxation of the poor aka mango man, Graft and sacm indirectly lead , prop sustain Monopoly or Oligopoly or Monopolistic competeting. There for higher prices on services and goods. The graft is spread over the margins to all alike who pay (govt babaus will default any way). Now we Swiss East India company ruling the country

nkumar · Post by **nkumar** » 20 Nov 2010 02:13

The Truth Conditions

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It’s a public relations disaster for the PM, admit Congress leaders. In the party, there are two views on how to tackle the problem. First, and this is the line most likely to prevail, is that the PM just needs to ride the storm. Some sort of mechanism will be agreed to in order to get the Opposition to allow Parliament to resume, and in a matter of weeks 2G will have faded, say advocates of this approach.
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Many Congress leaders believe the PM has got embroiled in a corporate war between traditional and new wannabe telecom operators who have for some years been running the “biggest show in town”. They therefore argue that the PM should show the corporates who’s boss: cancel the 85 suspect licences that Raja allotted and let them go to court and fight it out. Sources in the government say Union HRD minister Kapil Sibal—who has been asked to also handle telecom for the time being—is on the job. In a swift action, the TRAI on November 18 asked the government to cancel 62 licences given to five companies.
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It being a dog-eat-dog world out there, Congress managers have also done some arm-twisting with the Opposition. Sources say the “message has been given” to the BJP that if they want all the telecom skeletons to come tumbling out, they should also prepare for “the son-in-law of a very prominent leader” to be named. (has to be son-in-law of ABV) Congress circles also suggest that a “signal” has been given to leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj that not only could there be a state-level inquiry about the land scams under the BJP regime in Karnataka, at a later stage it is eminently possible that the Congress set due process for a JPC probe examining the role of the mining lobby run by the Bellary Reddy brothers (close to Sushma) whose political clout straddles both Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
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In the ’80s, for instance, there were just eight financial scams of note, including Bofors. But during Manmohan’s tenure as FM, says Prof Kumar, the number skyrocketed to 26. Now, of course, scam after scam totalling what could amount to entire budgets of small nations keep tumbling out. In the case of the PM, it may now be argued that the cleanest man has the top job because he tolerates corruption. It will also be asked whether looking the other way is acceptable just because the individual is personally clean.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 20 Nov 2010 02:19

See how nicely Outlook manages to pin it on MMS. Wasn't he looking otherway because the money was going to the party? He is being set-up.

ShivaS · Post by **ShivaS** » 20 Nov 2010 02:23

Phone Taps Draw Media Into 2G Spotlight

I like the title in view the fact that the major actors are all females
Bharka Dutt
Nira radia
Karuna's daughter

I still dont get it after so many years (spent in border book stores ailes hiding and reading erotica) I am still to find 1 G how come these men and women are int 2 G and some into 3 G.

Even Masters and Johaansons cant answers this I guess.

Feeling is believing or writing is seeing....

What a great time to be a Goonda or a Neta or a Judge...

RamaY · Post by **RamaY** » 20 Nov 2010 02:28

ajit_tr wrote:India is getting increasingly corrupt, greedy: Sonia
New Delhi: In the backdrop of a number of high-level scams, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday said "graft and greed" are on the rise, putting in danger the principles on which independent India was founded and stressed the need for a "more effective and efficient" government.

Even Yuvaraj made similar statement yesterday while campaigning in Bihar.

That is the benefit of "grand sacrifice". The party wins the elections and do not take blame for the governance...

If MMS is any smart, he should implicate both mother and son so an end is put to this tamasha...

Prem · Post by **Prem** » 20 Nov 2010 02:30

ShiVas,
G spot's predominance remain unchallenged . 1G or 2G, all bring commotion before calm. MMS will ride it easily , he is experienced though unassuming smooth operator.

svinayak · Post by **svinayak** » 20 Nov 2010 02:30

ramana wrote:See how nicely Outlook manages to pin it on MMS. Wasn't he looking otherway because the money was going to the party? He is being set-up.

Yes it is the time for the change and they want whole sale change.
Anybody remember Washington Post article about who will be the next in line in INC top few months ago. Why are they interested in that. Somebody is forcing the issue if they could not find out what is happening and they are unable to influence the final outcome.

Prem · Post by **Prem** » 20 Nov 2010 02:36

Acharya San,
You mean Shoe fell after O's Phera to squeeze the Desi Dushehri mango and got stuck with pit.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 20 Nov 2010 02:39

Ms Radia should have been in IB or RAW.

What through dossiers on the whole gang of politicians and confidence on the contents to ensure delivery.

nkumar · Post by **nkumar** » 20 Nov 2010 02:44

ramana wrote:See how nicely Outlook manages to pin it on MMS. Wasn't he looking otherway because the money was going to the party? He is being set-up.

MMS is a like an honest leader of a bunch of thieves. He is caught up in between. But point is MMS can't escape responsibility in our constitutional set up. He is the ultimate leader under whose watch everything happened. If he wants people remember him as a honest PM, this is his chance. Speak up in parliament, name names, tell everything....accept his role whatever that is and resign. He will be remembered as someone who listened to his conscience.

IMHO, this is also a test case for BJP. Since everyone seems to be involved - industrialists, INC, DMK, son-in-law of ABV (more clarification is needed to confirm though) bureaucrats, journalists, there will be tremendous pressure on BJP to not to take this to the conclusion. Some sort of arrangement will be proposed which will be the face saver for INC and without giving the impression that BJP didn't fight for corruption. BJP might play along to avoid dragging the name of ABV.

This could also be the opportunity for BJP/RSS to really differentiate themselves. (1) Make BSY resign, let there be a probe in whatever scandals that are happening in Karnataka, and (2) launch NaMo in dilli to fight the corruption battle. This could make 2G the Bofors of current times. All this is unlikely to happen though...most likely BJP will play along.

This is becoming a political thriller now!

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 20 Nov 2010 02:47

Meanwhile advise from NSV in Newsinsight .net

The 2G spectrum scandal warns Rahul Gandhi to stay away from prime-ministership, says N.V.Subramanian.

I don't know about that. MMS problem is he is not family and secondly due to coaltion compulsoins he had to look other way while the loot was going on. Rahul Baba won't take charge unless the INC hasa majority to clamp down on the leakers. And as that is difficult it will be more of the same. SG the indirect beneficiary of the scam (it keeps her party in power) and give homilis about how India is becoming corrupt despite her minions enabling it!

Blame the victim the mark of the coloniser!

svinayak · Post by **svinayak** » 20 Nov 2010 02:49

ramana wrote:See how nicely Outlook manages to pin it on MMS. Wasn't he looking otherway because the money was going to the party? He is being set-up.

What is Outlook gaining out of this. Who owns it and who are its backer. Some NRIs?

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 20 Nov 2010 02:52

I thought everyone knows: Outlook is Family first outfit. its secualr so has to protect the family at all costs.

Outlook's hit peice shows that MMS is the target.

Recall the PP guy constantly rants MMS has to go? Thats a family Gungadin.

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 20 Nov 2010 02:54

ajit_tr wrote:http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4595859
New Delhi: In the backdrop of a number of high-level scams, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday said "graft and greed" are on the rise, putting in danger the principles on which independent India was founded and stressed the need for a "more effective and efficient" government.

Hmmm....what were the principles?

svinayak · Post by **svinayak** » 20 Nov 2010 02:55

ramana wrote:I thought everyone knows: Outlook is Family first outfit. its secualr so has to protect the family at all costs.

Outlook's hit peice shows that MMS is the target.

Recall the PP guy constantly rants MMS has to go? Thats a family Gungadin.

It has also shown previously EJ flavor and lot of sociology psy ops on India.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 20 Nov 2010 02:56

All those are inclusive for INC.

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 20 Nov 2010 02:58

Prem wrote:ShiVas,
G spot's predominance remain unchallenged .

haa...haa...can't not wait to read how Shivas gaaru reacts to that

svinayak · Post by **svinayak** » 20 Nov 2010 03:00

ramana wrote:All those are inclusive for INC.

What I am saying is that if there is some deviation somebody wants to change it and bring it back

RamaY · Post by **RamaY** » 20 Nov 2010 03:05

nkumar wrote: MMS is a like an honest leader of a bunch of thieves.

Really

Corruption is not limited to money. Some people like skin, some money, some status/recognition, some power, some left alone, yet some others want to do some good to their nation even at the cost of their souls...

What does MMS value???

R_Kumar · Post by **R_Kumar** » 20 Nov 2010 03:38

RamaY wrote:
nkumar wrote: MMS is a like an honest leader of a bunch of thieves.
Really

Corruption is not limited to money. Some people like skin, some money, some status/recognition, some power, some left alone, yet some others want to do some good to their nation even at the cost of their souls...

What does MMS value???

Right on target. When comes to corruption people relate it to only money/material. But there are even bigger reasons for corruption. First of all we don't even know yet and may be we will never know that how much money MMS and SG got from these various scam. But there is clear indication that, to save the chair MMS has overlooked all this. If he is Mr. clean then why didn't he just made all these information public and submit the resignation in-front of entire nation. He is big time guilty, but going by his past records he won't offer his resignation unless he is forced to resign.

shaardula · Post by **shaardula** » 20 Nov 2010 03:50

barkha dutt's the buck stops here. (51 mins)
including ~3.49 mins of barkha's statement about her talks with radia.
subramaniam swamy, jayanthi natarajan etc..

http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/the-bu ... ive/176698

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 20 Nov 2010 04:01

Radha Rajan flamboyantly points out what some of us have been suspecting/speculating Dr. Manmohan Singh as bali ka bakra

shaardula · Post by **shaardula** » 20 Nov 2010 04:02

muthuvel karnunanidhi aka kalaignar (MuKa)

3 wives:

padmammal deceased
- 1 son. fell out of father's favour. one time cine personality now a destitute/beggar.

dayaluammal
- 1. son: stalin. eternal king in making. next in line to Muka rules north TN.
- 2. daughter: selvi
- 3. son. not political active.

jayathi ammal
- 1. son. azhagiri. violent in disposition. own fiefdom in South TN, Madurai
- 2. kanimozhi. dotter. political aspirant

1 sister.

sister's son. murasoli maran. muka's greatest confidant. deceased
- 1. son. dayanidhi maran.
- 2. son. kalanidhi maran. runs sun network

after murasoli maran's death maran's and muka's have had sort of fallout. daya maran is pally with stalin and selvi. but azhagiri and kanimozhi hate him. daya aspires to install stalin in chennai and himself be the national face.

arjunm · Post by **arjunm** » 20 Nov 2010 04:13

ajit_tr wrote:India is getting increasingly corrupt, greedy: Sonia
New Delhi: In the backdrop of a number of high-level scams, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday said "graft and greed" are on the rise, putting in danger the principles on which independent India was founded and stressed the need for a "more effective and efficient" government.

I feel like to throw up just listening to her Bhajan. I just saw her fold handed photograph some where and wait the spot of bindi will come next as more stinks started to come up.After kicking out ruthlessly that old man from the Congress President post, she with her cronies systematically corrupted each and every institutions of the country.Very Calculated way she put her own people whether in the President's office or as election commissioner to ensure win in the next coming election. If Rigged EVM is not enough this time some other corrupt way would be found and with all these loot nothing is impossible to save the dynastic gaddi for her dumb son.Somebody should tell her before she dries out her precious tears, that she should let GOI to bring all the loot from Swiss bank and also publish the names of the worthies, probably her would be in the lead.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 20 Nov 2010 04:21

Radha Rajan's take on the media personalities;

LINK

Read the comments.

shyamd · Post by **shyamd** » 20 Nov 2010 04:23

shaardula, Add to that. Stalin has cancer and is undergoing medical treatment. Azhagiri is a big rowdy and his sphere of influence doesn't go past Madurai and Chennai. People will not accept him as a leader, so he may just get a party post in the future. This is just holding together because MK is alive. I don't think DMK will survive post MK. Maran's have a lot of respect - especially Daya (although he has his own skeletons too), so Maran's will become a power to reckon with considering how much money and power they have amassed.

nkumar · Post by **nkumar** » 20 Nov 2010 04:25

RamaY wrote:
nkumar wrote: MMS is a like an honest leader of a bunch of thieves.
Really

Corruption is not limited to money. Some people like skin, some money, some status/recognition, some power, some left alone, yet some others want to do some good to their nation even at the cost of their souls...

What does MMS value???

RamaY, I have been a bitter critic of MMS for the way he handled N-deal, openly lied to the parliament, for saying RSS was behind 1984 anti-Sikh riots, for his statement in Oxford etc. There is no doubt he has been the weakest PM India ever had. Though he has been able to maintain personal financial integrity and a manufactured clean image via friendly media. There was a little bit of sarcasm in what I wrote and I wanted to avoid a slanging match with MMS apologists (there are many on this forum).

RamaY · Post by **RamaY** » 20 Nov 2010 04:41

nkumar garu,

Please do not take my response as criticism against you. I am just offering a different POV. You can take my posts to task if they do not make sense.

People think that they are honest if they do not take money. But what about them watching others steal thousands of crores of public money? Does it constitute financial integrity? One should see MMS from that reference.

What value he has to take the job of PM, with no hold on the party nor on the cabinet colleagues? Why is he working ~20 hrs/day at this age when he can happily retire. What makes him get up in the morning and face the nonsense from RG/SG and their coterie?

Let me give you a scenario. If you were in MMS's shoes, would you sacrifice your PM seat if it results in say Rs 170,000 crore savings to GOI (That is ~$40B) and puts say top 10 corrupt leaders behind bars?

Let me raise your value a bit. How about your ability to bring say $150B of corrupt money from foreign banks to India paying up all external debts of this nation???

What more value MMS thinks he is giving the nation? What more (even if it is self-satisfaction) value he is getting by staying in his position.

***

In another thread people were talking about what would a common man do in such a situation? I would welcome a different PM every 5 years if they do one thing at a time. A JK here, A UCC there, A universal-education here, a universal health care there, a nuclear triad here, a LCA there, a renewable energy source here, a highway network there.... and the list goes on...

JwalaMukhi · Post by **JwalaMukhi** » 20 Nov 2010 04:46

RamaY wrote: Corruption is not limited to money. Some people like skin, some money, some status/recognition, some power, some left alone, yet some others want to do some good to their nation even at the cost of their souls...
What does MMS value???

Most people associate with money, because most of the other things that have been mentioned have a high potential to be obtained through money. Money trumps honey eh? The liquidity of other things is no match for liquidity of money.

India is getting increasingly corrupt, greedy: Sonia

So the lament is how coalitions are making it difficult for the monopoly of the corruption

. Coalitions should be the way to go, so monopoly on corruption can be broken. Raja went into the den of corruption, and took away a slice. That's causing lot of heartburn in Rajamata.

In the meantime, media somehow feels it is not compromised and wants to spin it only as a few mediamen/wimmen are compromised. Sorry, media in India (ELM) is a joke and completely compromised. Now somebody put the spot light on the media (who were acting as the emperor) has not only has no clothes but also has no cojones

.

shiv · Post by **shiv** » 20 Nov 2010 05:44

SwamyG wrote:A serious question. How do these guys steal or accept bribes involving huge amounts of money? It is not like they have hard currency notes in a suitcase under their bed or backyard, right? A dissident from their own camp can alert IT folks.

Wrong. Money is stored and exchanged in bags/suitcases. Dissidents are paid off. IT folks are paid off. Or threatened. With the police under the thumb of a corrupt state politico - people can and do get bumped off. India is a corrupt country. Period.

Don't have any lllusions to the contrary. That is why all supporters of any major party make me laugh. They are all corrupt.

JwalaMukhi · Post by **JwalaMukhi** » 20 Nov 2010 05:57

shiv wrote: Don't have any lllusions to the contrary. That is why all supporters of any major party make me laugh. They are all corrupt.

This is a good basis of fundamentals to start working with. Let me use Scott Adams dictum, which says:
Men are greedy.
Men are pompous.
Men are horny.
So, let's add to it.
Men are corrupt.
No gender preference is implied, it is just convenient to write it.
Given, these fundamental Lemmas, how to work around it. These traits cannot be eliminated, but can possibly be channelled and maintained to yield common good. If one says that they have a solution (apologies to Rahul Mehta) that will completely eliminate any of the fundamental Lemmas, that surely looks like somebody is selling a bridge. The question is how these fundamental traits can be harnessed for betterment of mankind?
Societies that have better management process for these issues progress. Well for others pakistaniyat will be the result.

Bharath.Subramanyam · Post by **Bharath.Subramanyam** » 20 Nov 2010 05:58

A request for people who undestand QuickTime & downloading nuances. Can anyone download all those tapes in Outlook website to their machine? There is fear in twitter that Sundeep Dougal & Vinod Mehta of Outlook might be pressured to remove them.

A few months back, when CBI report got published in "The Hindu" website having the same stories of Vir Sanghvi & Barkha, it was pulled out in a few hours.

arjunm · Post by **arjunm** » 20 Nov 2010 06:00

JwalaMukhi wrote:
RamaY wrote: Corruption is not limited to money. Some people like skin, some money, some status/recognition, some power, some left alone, yet some others want to do some good to their nation even at the cost of their souls...
What does MMS value???
Most people associate with money, because most of the other things that have been mentioned have a high potential to be obtained through money. Money trumps honey eh? The liquidity of other things is no match for liquidity of money.

India is getting increasingly corrupt, greedy: Sonia
So the lament is how coalitions are making it difficult for the monopoly of the corruption . Coalitions should be the way to go, so monopoly on corruption can be broken. Raja went into the den of corruption, and took away a slice. That's causing lot of heartburn in Rajamata.

In the meantime, media somehow feels it is not compromised and wants to spin it only as a few mediamen/wimmen are compromised. Sorry, media in India (ELM) is a joke and completely compromised. Now somebody put the spot light on the media (who were acting as the emperor) has not only has no clothes but also has no cojones .

Look at the audacity of bloody her to call whole India greedy and corrupt ,the fact of the matter is is the damn Congress party under her is becoming more greedy and corrupt .Unable to bring honest governance in Congress rule states, her party men and the coalition partners have increasingly engaged in loot bonanza as if there is no tomorrow. Bloody one scam after another just keep coming, be it NGRE (60,000 crores),Adrsha housing Scam, CWG scam(70,000 cr), and just wait for the big defence contracts, God knws what % she and her retarded son have decided to settle for, and after all that, she with a bindi spotted straight face declare whole India is becoming corrupt and Greedy.We need a public outrage to throw her and her party out of power.

shiv · Post by **shiv** » 20 Nov 2010 06:09

JwalaMukhi wrote: Societies that have better management process for these issues progress. Well for others pakistaniyat will be the result.

Well said. The differences between India and Pakistan are surprisingly small. People just do not want to believe it. Enforcement of the simple ethical values dharma is the only way forward. Lies and corruption need exceptinal punishment. Every Indian knows how bad lies and corruption can be but the punishment in our folklore is far more stringent than the punishment in the British inspired Indian Penal Code that allows the corrupt to get away.

shiv · Post by **shiv** » 20 Nov 2010 06:09

Bharath.Subramanyam wrote:A request for people who undestand QuickTime & downloading nuances. Can anyone download all those tapes in Outlook website to their machine? There is fear in twitter that Sundeep Dougal & Vinod Mehta of Outlook might be pressured to remove them.

A few months back, when CBI report got published in "The Hindu" website having the same stories of Vir Sanghvi & Barkha, it was pulled out in a few hours.

link?

Bharath.Subramanyam · Post by **Bharath.Subramanyam** » 20 Nov 2010 06:18

Below outlook link has the audio tapes:

http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?268069

http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?268069

csharma · Post by **csharma** » 20 Nov 2010 06:27

One political commentator had written recently that one school of thought within Congress (Rahul's supporters) is that Congress should engineer a crisis and then go for mid term elections elections with Rahul as PM candidate.

Is this the crisis that this faction was looking for.

Regardless of what happens, this just shows that the system is rotten to the core. Moneyed people are muscling in, manipulating media, politicians.

Is a real clean up really possible? I am not optimistic at all.

RamaY · Post by **RamaY** » 20 Nov 2010 06:29

shiv wrote:Don't have any lllusions to the contrary. That is why all supporters of any major party make me laugh. They are all corrupt.

Nice excuse for inaction. If we can piscolocize everything there is no need for progress. We must justify lack of toilets and be happy.

arjunm wrote: Look at the audacity of bloody her to call whole India greedy and corrupt ,the fact of the matter is is the damn Congress party under her is becoming more greedy and corrupt .Unable to bring honest governance in Congress rule states, her party men and the coalition partners have increasingly engaged in loot bonanza as if there is no tomorrow. Bloody one scam after another just keep coming, be it NGRE (60,000 crores),Adrsha housing Scam, CWG scam(70,000 cr), and just wait for the big defence contracts, God knws what % she and her retarded son have decided to settle for, and after all that, she with a bindi spotted straight face declare whole India is becoming corrupt and Greedy.We need a public outrage to throw her and her party out of power.

You forgot mother of all scams by late YSR. His gang of congressmen stole '00,000 crores and virtually funded 2009 congress win at center.

Dev Aditya · Post by **Dev Aditya** » 20 Nov 2010 06:33

First post.
Both outlook and openmagazine websites seem to be down. Darn! They are up all night deleting links.