| Former telecom minister A Raja and ex-telecom secretary Siddharth Behura will be summoned to depose before the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) examining the 2G scam. "We have decided to call Raja and Behura. While the date for Raja's appearance is not yet decided,Behura will be summoned on April 11," JPC Chairman PC Chacko said on Wednesday after the committee's meeting. Since Behura is lodged in Tihar jail, the parliamentary panel will write to the prison authorities to present the former Telecom Secretary before it. The JPC had earlier written to Tihar authorities to present Behura before it for which the CBI court had granted permission in July last year. But he was never actually summoned by the panel. Sources said the JPC decided to summon Raja as it wanted to find out the alleged "illegality" committed by the former telecom minister. "Some officials who appeared before the committee have agreed that Raja followed the advice of DoT and officials in deciding on the first-come-first-served policy, the procedure to be adopted and vetting of applications. Therefore it is necessary to find out the illegality committed by him," a member said. Related posts: MNP to increase due to 2G Scam licensing issues HULU decides not to sell after all India to Get Mobile number Portability Nov 1 2010 |
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