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| Jayalalithaa demands Maran's resign |
| 2G scam: Jayalalithaa demands Maran's resignation
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| INDIA
, 1-June-2011
4:47:36 AM |
| Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today demanded the resignation of former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran from the Cabinet for his alleged role in the allocation of 2G spectrum scam.
"The PM should ask for Dayanidhi Maran's resignation from the Cabinet," said Jayalalithaa.
The provocation came from a cover-story done by news magazine Tehelka which questioned the circumstances in which Maran granted a licence to Aircel in 2007.
The allegation against Dayanidhi Maran is that Aircel, previously denied a telecom licence for over two years, was finally given one only when its owners changed hands to Malaysia-based Maxis. The charge is that Maran cleared the decks only after a sister company of Maxis invested Rs. 675 crore in the Maran-owned Sun TV, which the BJP calls a conflict of interest
The DMK leader has rubbished the charges. Sending a legal notice to Tehelka, Maran calls the charges "blatantly concocted". In a statement, released through his lawyers, the Textile Minister said, "The reports published in the magazine are totally false, defamatory, derogatory and has been published with a malafide intention and ulterior motive. He has no shareholding or interest in any form in Sun-Direct TV and it is a separate legal entity and it is no way connected with its business transactions."
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