2G issue: Pranab meets Gandhi

New Delhi, Sept 29 (PTI) In the backdrop of controversy
over a Finance Ministry note on the 2G issue, Indian Finance
Minister Pranab Mukherjee thursday met Congress chief Sonia
Gandhi.
Mukherjee's consultations with Gandhi came a day after
his letter to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh setting out
in detail the events surrounding the controversial allocation
of spectrum.
Before Mukherjee's meeting, Defence Minister A K Antony
held parleys with Gandhi and also her Political Secretary
Ahmed Patel, party sources said.
This is the second meeting Mukherjee has had with Gandhi
in the last three days. Home Minister P Chidambaram had met
Gandhi earlier this week and the Prime Minister yesterday.
Mukherjee's letter has come in the midst of a
controversy triggered by the surfacing of a note from a
Finance Ministry official suggesting that the 2G scam could
have been avoided had Chidambaram, then Finance Minister,
insisted on auction instead of giving licences at 2001 prices.
The letter is understood to have detailed the various
meetings held on the subject of allocation of 2G spectrum, the
correspondence among various ministries and the events leading
to the decision.