A novel avalanche to hit PMO On 2-G spectrum scam
Hyderabad|India|November'2010:
Demanding immediate cancellation of the 2-G spectrum allocations,
recovery of the Himalayan loss the exchequer has suffered and institution
of a strong anti corruption commission, students and youth will be
flooding the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) with post cards, e-mails, faxes
and one-rupee money orders beginning November 26.
Announcing the action plan at a media conference here, Lok Satta Party
President Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan called upon the youth and students to
transcend party affiliations and raise their voice against corruption,
which undermined their hopes for a better future.
Dr. JP said India has earned the dubious distinction of recording the
biggest scam in world history in one Government wing in one year. Going by
the Comptroller and Auditor General’s report, the loss sustained by the
exchequer could be as large as Rs. 1,76,000 crore. Had the Government
earned such colossal revenue, it would have been sufficient to build 5
million classrooms or 20 million homes or add 8 million hospital beds.
Dr. JP regretted that all mainstream political parties focused on
peripheral issues like appointment of a Joint Parliamentary Committee
instead of pondering how the loss caused by collusive corruption could be
recouped. They were guilty of obfuscating the issue by pitting tainted
Telecommunications Minister Mr. A. Raja against scam-ridden Karnataka
Chief Minister B. S. Yedyurappa, and indulging in mutual mud-slinging.
Dr. JP pointed out that the Indian exchequer had been robbed in broad
daylight with politicians and bureaucrats resorting to dubious, opaque and
illegal means to reward a select band of rapacious operators. By canceling
the tainted licenses and disgorging the beneficiaries of their windfall
gains, the Government should send a strong message that those who cheat
the Government would not merely lose their social standing but also go
bankrupt.
Dr. JP announced that Lok Satta, along with a number of highly credible
individuals would be filing a petition in the Supreme Court on November 29
seeking cancellation of 2-G spectrum licenses. He released a poster titled
National Camapgtin against Corruption as also a pamphlet on the 2-G
spectrum scam.
Party General Secretary Katari Srinivasa Rao announced the campagin would
be continued until December 9, World Anti Corruption Day. Dr. JP himself
would send a money order to the Prime Minister listing the three demands
on the scam on November 26. A public walk and a meeting would be organized
at Visakhapatnam as a culmination.
Replying to questions, Dr. JP said that the Bihar verdict, as the earlier
ones in Gujarat, Delhi, MP and Chattisgarh, demonstrates that people would
vote back a party to power if it provides relatively better governance. He
appealed to the State Government and the agitating employees to enter into
a dialogue and sort out their problems. He condemned attacks on ‘Sakshi’
offices as unwarranted in a democracy.
Mr. D. V. V. S. Varma, Working President and Yuva Satta and Vidyarthi
Satta leaders D. Ramu, P. Sivaji, Naveen Kumar Sarma and Mangala took part
in the media meet.
