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| 2G scam: Raids won't affect Congress alliance, says Kanimozhi
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| INDIA
, 16-December-2010
4:18:38 AM |
| The DMK today stressed that the raids against some of its closest associates in connection with the 2G scam will not affect its alliance with the Congress. In Tamil Nadu, the Congress supports the DMK government; at the Centre, the DMK provides crucial 16 MPs to the UPA government.
"This (the raids) is a process to show we are clean and DMK is very open to it," said party MP Kanimozhi, whose father, M Karunanidhi, is the chief of the DMK.
On Wednesday, the CBI raided close to 30 places in Tamil Nadu , taking its investigation into the2G spectrum to the doorstep of the DMK. Among those whose homes and offices were raided was an NGO which enjoys the patronage of Kanimozhi. A Tamil journalist, Kamaraj, who works with a pro-DMK paper named Nakkeeran, was also targeted. The raids extended to various relatives of A Raja, the DMK leader who resigned as Telecom Minister last month after he was indicted for the 2G scam in a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG).
The CBI says that Wednesday's raids were based on leads found during raids at Raja's own homes in Delhi and Tamil Nadu last week.
After the raids, the Congress said that it believed its alliance with the DMK would withstand the pressure of the 2G inquiry that's now circling the DMK's senior-most rung.
We trust our allies, and they trust us, said Janaradhan Dwivedi, Congress General Secretary. But privately, sources say the relationship is fragile and will need to be handled with care.
Raja's resignation as Telecom Minister came after weeks of stubborn resistance even as the CAG report placed him at the centre of the 2G scam, blaming him for costing the government upto Rs. 176 lakh crore in 2008. The charges were grave - that Raja had undervalued spectrum, avoided a public auction, and given 2G licenses to companies who lied or misrepresented information in their
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