Jaya writes open letter to PM to drop Raja over spectrum scam

Chennai, Nov 18 (PTI) All India Anna Dravida Munnettra
Kazhagam (AIADMK) chief J Jayalalithaa Wednesday demanded that
India's Information Technology and Communications Minister A
Raja be divested of telecommunication portfolio immediately
for a "free and fair" probe into the alleged spectrum
allocation scandal.
In an open letter to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh, she said Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had
conducted raids on the Telecom ministry offices and "my
information is that substantial incriminating documents had
been unearthed".
"The interest of Justice will not be served if, at
this stage, Raja continued to preside over the Telecom
ministry. He is in a position to tamper with evidence and
influence officials, who are in the know of things," she said.
The Prime Minister should divest Raja of the Telecom
portfolio immediately, she said, adding Singh should pass
necessary orders to widen the scope of the investigation so
that it did not stop merely with the 'wrong policy' adopted
for allocation of spectrum (to telecom firms) but also cover
the beneficiaries of the scam.
She said several documents indicated the reservations
about the first come first serve policy for spectrum
allocation. PTI SR
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