2G scam: Left parties to launch nationwide campaign-2010-12-15

2G scam: Left parties to launch nationwide campaign

2010-12-15 19:50:00

Last Updated: 2010-12-15 20:18:37

Prakash-KaratHyderabad: Stepping up their offensive against the UPA government on the 2G spectrum issue, the Left parties on Wednesday said they would soon launch a nation-wide joint campaign with like minded parties.

CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat told reporters here that his party is in touch with outfits like Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Biju Janta Dal (BJD), Assam Gana Parishad (AGP), Janata Dal (Secular), AIADMK and others to kick-off the campaign.

Slamming the Congress on the 2G Spectrum scam, he asked why the party did not agree for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the issue.

"We would like to ask the Manmohan Singh Government the reason for refusing a JPC," he said.

Training his guns on the Prime Minister, Karat sought to know why he was silent on the 2G spectrum issue when he knew that the spectrum allocation lacked transparency.


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"The Prime Minister had written a letter to then Telecom Minister A Raja in November 2007 itself asking him to have a proper procedure. The main question now is why the government did not act," he said.

The winter session of Parliament could not conduct business because of the government's refusal of accept the JPC demand, he said.