Andi Muthu Raja, former Telecom Minister has been arrested by CBI sleuths. The talks of his impending arrest was very much around since M.Karunanidhi came visiting Delhi to meet with Prime Minister ManMohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and it is reported that both must have briefed him the possible arrest of A.Raja. Furthermore the case against A.Raja is likely to come up before Supreme Court where CBI will have to explain what all have been done on its part for the progress of the investigation.
It is unlikely that the relationship between Congress and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) is not poised to sour for reasons best known to many of us.
The opposition BJP spokesman Arun Jaitely reportedly talked in terms of casting aspersions over the arrest at a belated moment. He opined that it should have been done earlier and why was the three years delay for putting A.Raja behind bars who had allegedly embezzled a behemoth amount of 1.76 lakh crore rupees in the allocation of 2G Spectrum.
Immediately upon his remarks spread out, the Congress spokesman Manu Abhishek Singhvi jumped to the fore and made it clear law will have to take its course and therefore the delay is natural and no use blaming the delay. Both are eminent lawyers of Supreme Court. While Arun Jaitely besides being a spokesperson is a mainstream politician and leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha. Manu Abhishek Singhvi is a mainstream politician in the capacity of Congress spokesperson and whether he holds any other position other than that, perhaps he too must be a Rajya Sabha MP.
BJP leader, Arun Jaitely, Kumari Jayalalitha of AIADMK, Prakash Karat, CPI(M) all have come out into the open with their own views and demands.
While Arun Jaitely, BJP spokesman and opposition leader in Rajya Sabha is very much particular that the demand for holding a JPC (Joint Parliamentary Committee) probe stands and that the matter should be taken up in Budget session of Parliament which is very much around the corner.
Kumari Jayalalitha, AIADMK leader has no doubt that the arrest of A.Raja was a ruse to hoodwink the opposition and the entire citizens and as a close follower of the movements of her bête noire M.Karunanidhi, she told the press persons about Karunanidhi’s visit to Delhi and meetings with ManMohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on the matter of JPC probe she is quite adamant and to escape the probe UPA according to her is poised to find out a ‘convoluted reasoning’.
CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat is satisfied with nothing short of JPC probe on the 2G Spectrum issue and the Left Front has already girded up its loins ready to fight to the hilt.
The FIR on the Adarsh Co-operative Housing Society scam has been ready and 13 persons including former Chief Minister of Maharashtra has been included in the list of indicted.
On the CWG scam 2010, V.K.Shunglu, former Comptroller and Auditor General is also ready with his report.
Thus UPA 2 govt is poised to display before us its earnestness in putting an end to corruption thereby coming out with a shining image. How far it is possible for it to succeed in this venture is anybody’s guess as corruption has already eaten into the vitals of the body politic thus depriving the masses at the lower strata of the society, their minimum needs to cope up with day to day subsistence. Eminent journalist Vidhya Subramaniam of The Hindu in an article has pointed towards the glaring fact that while huge tax exemptions have been extended to the corporates those at the lower pyramid of the society are still left in the lurch. As an example she has pointed towards the minimum wages of Rs 100 to the Mahatma National Rural Employees Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) formerly National Rural Employees Guarantee Act and the govt is not at all bothered about increasing the wages for the ones at the lower rung of the ladder. Yesterday with much pomp and pageantry the 5th year of NREGS was celebrated in the presence of Sardar ManMohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi. Vidhya Subramaniam points to a fact that the NREGS scheme with minimum wages of Rs 100 could catapult the UPA govt in 2009 elections to a second term that with a brighter image. If some more benefit could be extended to them UPA would surely have a more brighter image. But no, our Prime Minister and UPA Chairperson - not only them but many other political parties are after fattening the corporates. Actually we need to be ashamed of our so-called politicians.
Look at the State govt of Karnataka. The BJP Chief Minister B.S.Yedyurappa is shamelessly clutching to his post even after allegations of his real-estate deals have come to the fore. Defying the directives from the top he continues to be well entrenched in his seat and his leaders’ helplessness deserves contempt.
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