PAC quizzed Niira Radia today
NEW DELHI: On Monday corporate lobbyist Niira Radia has been quizzed by Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in connection with the alleged irregularities in the 2G spectrum allocation.
Ms. Radia appeared before the PAC at the Parliament House complex, who’s tapped phone conversations with politicians, corporates, bureaucrats, and journalists, form a key part of the investigations into the 2G spectrum scam.
The panel, headed by senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi, is understood to have sought clarifications from her on the tapped phone conversations which include allegations of trying to influence portfolio allocation to ministers in the UPA-II government.
In the calls, Ms. Radia, chairperson of Vaishnavi Corporate Communications, is allegedly heard making efforts to ensure that DMK leader A. Raja gets the Telecom portfolio. Mr. Raja is now in jail in connection with the 2G spectrum allocation scam.
Ratan Tata, Tata Sons Chairman is scheduled to appear before the PAC at 3 p.m. The PAC is expected to record the evidence of Tata on the recent developments in the telecom sector, including allocation of 2G and 3G spectrum.
The PAC had asked Reliance Communications Chairman Anil Ambani, Etisalat DB Telecom CEO Atul Jham, S-Tel CEO Shamik Das and Unitech Wireless Managing Director Sigve Brekke to appear before it on Tuesday.
