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| 2G note is part of orchestrated |
| 2G note is part of orchestrated campaign, said Chidambaram to PM: Sources
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| INDIA
, 22-September-2011
10:0:26 AM |
| P Chidambaram has allegedly told Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that a note questioning his actions during India's telecom scam is part of an orchestrated campaign within the government against him.
During a 20-minute call from Frankfurt where he made an overnight halt on his way to New York, the Prime Minister reportedly assured Mr Chidambaram of his support. The Prime Minister is believed to have counselled Mr Chidambaram "to be patient" till he returns home from New York on September 27, said PTI.
In a statement issued this evening, Mr Chidambaram said he had spoken to both the Prime Minister and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on the matter. "As reported in the media, the Prime Minister called me last night from Frankfurt and spoke to me. The Finance Minister called me from Washington and spoke to me. I have assured the Prime Minister that I shall not make any public statement on the subject until he returns to India." (Read Statement)
The note in question was sent by Pranab Mukherjee's ministry in March this year to Dr Manmohan Singh's office. It suggests that Mr Chidambaram could have been more proactive as Finance Minister in 2007, when India's greatest scam was unleashed in 2008 by A Raja, who was then Telecom Minister.
Mr Chidambaram explained the decisions he took when he was Finance Minister and Mr Raja was in the process of distributing mobile network licenses and second-generation (2G) frequency. Dr Manmohan Singh has also reportedly been in frequent touch with Mr Mukherjee since the controversial note was presented in the Supreme Court yesterday, during a hearing on the investigations into the telecom scam.
The controversial note has laid bare a bitter rivalry between two of the government's most senior ministers.
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