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| CBI raids: Raja quotes TRAI, facts |
| CBI raids: Raja quotes TRAI, facts contradict
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| INDIA
, 24-October-2009
1:26:10 AM |
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The CBI raids on the Department of Telecommunications and subsequent searches of the premises of eight new telecom licensees haven’t fazed Communications & IT Minister A Raja.
A CBI spokesperson confirmed that offices in 19 sites across the country had been searched but declined to reveal the names of the firms.
The operations continued until late this evening in Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Mohali, Gurgaon, Jaipur, Chennai, Noida and other locations.
Denying any wrongdoing, Raja defended allocation of licences to new operators in January 2008. “All decisions on spectrum licensing have been taken in accordance with procedures laid down by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India and in consultation with the Prime Minister.”
Not quite. A scrutiny of recommendations by TRAI in 2007— by which Raja swears — and even earlier in 2003 show that the DoT made significant departures
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