2G JPC report throws up multiple contradictions
April 21, 2013 19:46
The Joint Parliamentary Committee report on the 2G scam has relied on the selective quotation of evidence, often citing the same person's testimony or decision to both justify the UPA governments policies and damn those pursued by the former BJP-led NDA government of Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
The report quotes former Cabinet Secretary, K M Chandrashekhar as having testified that since there was no policy relating to charging a higher entry fee for spectrum, no case can be made out for 'abandonment of revenue'.
However, it ignores the fact that Chandrashekhar, who had appeared before the JPC in October 2012, had disclosed that he, on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's request, had painstakingly calculated an entry fee of Rs 35,000 crore in a note of November 2007 -- two months before the 2G scam. Chandrashekhar had also said he never heard back from the PM.
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