The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has refused to investigate the alleged role of Home Minister P. Chidambaram in the 2G spectrum issue.
Prior to this, Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy had filed a petition requesting for an examination of Chidambaram’s role in the same.
Moreover, former Minister of Telecommunications and IT, A. Raja had told a Delhi court that Chidambaram should be examined as a witness to prove the minutes of a Cabinet meeting that cleared the off-loading of shares by Swan Telecom and Unitech to two foreign firms.
Thereafter, a note was sent by the Finance Ministry to the Prime Minister’s Office stating that spectrum could have been auctioned in 2008 if Chidambaram had reiterated his stand on this subject.
The note added: “It may be mentioned that while the UAS licenses were signed between February 27 and March 7, 2008, spectrum allocations began in April, 2008, almost four months after the Letters of Intent were issued. However, these were not charged (beyond the normal spectrum usage charges) since there was a consensus, at the levels of the Ministers concerned, that spectrum beyond the start up levels should be charged.”
