Dr Subramanian Swamy, National President, Janata Party has said that the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) should start the process of 2G spectrum auction from scratch. Also, he has stated that Kapil Sibal, Minister of Telecommunications and IT should be kept away from this issue.
His comments come after a Supreme Court bench comprising Justices G.S. Singhvi and A.K. Ganguly issued notices to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on Swamy?s and Prashant Bhushan, senior Supreme Court counsel?s plea seeking cancellation of 2G spectrum licenses allocated during A. Raja?s regime.
The Court also issued notices to 11 companies which allegedly did not fulfill the roll out obligations as per the terms and conditions of allocation of the spectrum. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) was impleaded as a respondent in the petition. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court also said it could not take cognisance of Sibal?s statement, as it was not part of the record.
The petitioners had approached the Supreme Court stating that in view of the Rs 1.76 trillion loss caused to the national exchequer by A. Raja who allotted 2G spectrum licenses in violation of the government policy and rules, all the 122 licenses should be cancelled.
Thereafter, the Supreme Court upheld Swamy’s petition who also wanted the court to appoint him as one of the public prosecutors in the case.
