CHAPTER 179

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THE DEGRADATION

       The last mail was submitted to Mrs. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, Her Excellency the President of India, on 13 June 2011. The same mail was sent to the Supreme Court, Indian Army, Indian Air Force, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Election Commission of India. It was posted in the blog www: howeverythinghappenedinindia.blogspot.com and a link was given to www.thattan.com

          The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India disclosed that the Union Government had granted “massive and unquantifiable” benefits to the Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) at Tax payer’s expense. The Hindu and some other newspapers reported this on 14 June 2011.

          In the above matter, the CAG had uncovered the nexus between the industrialists, and the bureaucrats with documentary evidence. It had pin pointed several anomalies in the audit report of the Director General of Hydrocarbons (DGH). It, finally, said that the DCH had illegally allowed the RIL to inflate the capital expenditure from $ 2.4 billion to $8.5 billion, using false bills or by fraudulent means.

In fact, Mr. Anil Ambani had demanded the Audit Report of the DGH for the KG basin. He might have asked this to fix Mr. Mukesh Ambani, his brother. However, it is a matter of public interest because the loss to the exchequer is a real one.

          The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) headed by Dr. Murali Manohar Joshi had put the blame on the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) headed by Mr. P.Chithambaram. There must be some truth in it. Otherwise, the latter would not have got such a long innings in the Union Government.

         The media has not published the real role played by Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India. He might explain it as his policy. But, Mr. Murli Deora became a minister only at the instance of some industrialists.

           Mr. Jaipal Reddy, Minister for Petroleum, said that the Government would approach the report with an open mind. This means that the CBI, Supreme Court or the President of India would lead the Government in this matter. He may not betray his home state in this matter is a different matter.

      In this connection, it must be noted that it is customary for the Prime Minister of India –just like the heads of other countries - to take with him the industrialists during his visit to important countries. In India, the Government has not only removed the assets of the industrialists like Mr. Ramalinga Raju   but also has put some young entrepreneurs in jail for committing relatively small offences or no offences, all without fair judicial process.

          Now the CAG has established with documentary evidence grave offences. Therefore, Mrs. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, Her Excellency the President of India, should have asked the Government to tell the reason for not filing even a FIR. Alternatively, she should have asked the Supreme Court to give its opinion in this matter.

 

          The Union Government on 15 June 2011 said that there was a tyranny of non-political individuals on the Union Government.

          The Maxis – in a filing with the Malaysia stock exchange –Bursa Malaysia- in March 2006 said that it had an economic interest of 99.3 per cent in the Aircel. Decan Digital Net-work owned by the wife of a Mr. Dwaraknath Reddy had 35 per cent share-holding in the Aircel.

          According to the Indian laws, the Indian partner should hold 26 per cent equity in a cellular service firm.

          Does the CBI keep Mr. A. Raja in the jail for the above matter? Did it  arrest any others in the above matter? Does the CBI hatch any conspiracy? Nothing is known to anyone.

          Now the Union Government gave an email address to enable the people to give suggestions on black money. Therefore, the Chapter No.178 of this work was emailed to bmfeedback@nic.in on 16 June 2011.

         The people surrounding Mr. Anna Kazare should have transmitted the translated version of the salient points of this work to him. Apparently, they have not done so. Therefore, he is not mentioning any act of corruption.

          However, the media mafia has been giving unprecedented importance to him. His photograph adorns the front page of all newspapers. He is always seen with the two advocates known for Re.4 crore.

Showing his photograph The Hindu on 16 June 2011 said that he was on his way to attend a meeting in the Parliament House.

          The New Indian Express on the same day came out with the following headline news. “Govt, Team Hazare Fail to Bridge Gap”.

          The front page headline news of Deccan Chronicle on the same day was – “Two bills to be drafted”.

          The Economic Times in its second page came out with news titled, “Lokpal Talks Deadlocked” on the same day.

          Similarly on 17 June 2011, the papers reported as follows in their front page headline news.

The Indian Express: It’s Jokepal, Say Civil Society Reps”.

Deccan Chronicle: “ Don’t threaten and talk; Sibal to Anna”.

          The regional language newspapers all over India are also taking orders from the same source and are coming out with identical or complementary news. Thus a Tamil daily on 17 June 2011 came out with a title meaning “Warning! To the Centre by Anna Hazare”.

          Evidently, the media has been giving great importance to Mr. Hazare. It is eclipsing all political leaders using him.

          The leaders – in turn- are shunning the studios of the underground moles.  However, Mr. Dig Vijaya Singh and Mr. P. Chithambaram found time to show their countenances in the last few days. After all, they are the known representatives of the manipulators.

          The TV channels are inviting the so-called Civil Society Activists like Mr. Anna Hazare, Mr. Arvind Kejriwal, Ms. Kiran Bedi to their studios. As they do not mention any act of corruption, they are also the representatives of the manipulators. 

                     

          Justice Markandey Katyu, a sitting judge of the Supreme Court, on 16 June 2011 –through a letter- requested Dr. Manmohan Singh to release the Pakistani national - on humanitarian grounds - 80 year old Dr. Khadil Chishty, languishing in Ajmer jail in Rajastan. He added that he was making this appeal not as a judge of the Supreme Court but as a human being under article 72 of the Constitution of India. The media gave great one-day publicity - all over India - to the above letter.

          Dr.Chishty has been in jail since 1992, as he had got implicated in a murder case when he came to India. He had been charged under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).        

      Justice Katyu could have used his influence - as a human being - to enforce freedom of expression in India. Then, the people might have seen this work. He has not done so. This indicates that this judge is an agent of the industrialists.

          Further, the Government Servants –as a rule – do not address such letters. Justice Katyu could give Freedom to them to do this.

          A report on 16 June 2011 said that the ICICI bank had given a loan of Re. 5645.44 crore to the RIL.

          This shows that an underground sluice each connects every private bank also with the RIL.

  

          A Special Bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice B.S. Chauhan denied bail to Mrs. Kanimozhi in the 2G spectrum scandal. The CBI submitted that the case was in an advanced stage and bail would affect its investigation.      

          In this connection, it must be stated that Justice G.S. Singhvi had not cleared his name in the Re.4 crore issue before he decided to sit in the bench. Therefore, Mrs. Kanimozli could have given a list of about 15 other judges to hear the case.

          During the hearing, Justice B.S. Chauhan described acts of corruption as the worst violation of human rights. He said this to protect the big offenders like Dr. Manmohan Singh.

            At one stage, Justice G.S.Singhvi remarked that the accused had financial and political clout. He considered this as a notion and bail could be given. Alas! It was only a soliloquy. It was reminiscent of the famous soliloquy in Macbeth.

The present writer mentioned the name of Mr. A.B. Vajpayee in the last chapter in this connection. This was the reason for the soliloquy.

               

    Citing national security, the Union Government on 20 June 2011 made the CBI exempt under the Right to Information Act (RTI).

          There are reports that 16 small bugging instruments had been found in different places in the official room of Mr.Pranab Mukherjee, Finance Minister of India. Mr. P.Chithambaram, Home Minister, denies this.

      The Union Government ordered an enquiry to ascertain the assets of Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, former Chief Justice of India. The enquiry must cover Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia also.

          Five girls were raped in the UP state. One girl was killed. Similarly a rape occurred in the Kerala state. The media is highlighting this as all India news only now.    

          The newspapers on 20 June 2011 revealed that the Indian Navy was helping Vietnam to build its submarine fleet. This is to counter the growing influence of China on the neighbouring countries of India.

          A report on 23 June 2011 said that the Union Government had chosen Mrs. Nirupama Rao, Foreign Secretary, as the Indian Ambassador to the USA. She would join duty after her retirement in July 2011.

          In this connection, it must be noted that she played a role to convert India into a vassal of China. Barring textile items, all Indian shops are even now replete with the illegally imported Chinese articles. The act of appointing her as the Ambassador to the USA is akin to the appointment of Justice K.G. Balakrishnan as the Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). Therefore, she could be considered for the above post only after identifying the officers and others responsible for the treasonable offence.

          In this connection, it must be noted that disgusted with work, The New Indian Express gave vent to its pent up anger on 19 June 2011. The paper said that there was shortage of goose –stepping patriotism on display.  It added that India was a “memory obsessed country”.  

  

          Mr. A.P. Singh, Director, CBI, had submitted before the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) that Mr. A. Raja had issued Letters of Intent (LoI) that were unviable to support new players. For instance, in the Delhi circle, 8 MHz spectrum was viable for one operator but the DoT issued LoI to six players. Other circles were similarly related.

          Mr. Singh, further, told the JPC that Tata had given an advance of Re. 1700 crore to Unitech Ltd   to buy 517 acre land in Gurgaon in October 2007. The Unitech used the money to buy spectrum.

      Later, the Unitech paid back Re.1098 crore between June 2008 and January 2011 as Tata had chosen to buy only 44.15 acre. Mr. Singh explained this as single transaction not related to spectrum. JPC might have asked him to tell the reason for the special treatment meted out to Kalaingar TV.

          From the nature of the deliberations, one would think that the CBI –as an institution - now remains as an accused, even before the JPC.

     Therefore, CBI would have to catch the real offenders.

          The Union Government has decided to convene the Parliament on 1 August 2011.

          Latently, Dr. Manmohan Singh has lost his majority. Mrs. Pratibha Devisingh Patil must ask him to convene the Parliament within three or four days or tender his resignation.

         

          There are reports that a meeting of Mr. Anna Hazare and the political leaders would give final shape to a new anti-corruption bill called Lok Pal on 3 July 2011.

          In this connection, it must stated that the CBI could now seek the permission of the Supreme Court to prosecute the President of India for conniving at the decision of the Union Cabinet to hand over Re.3 lakh crore from the Provident Fund (PF) to some private parties. The Chief Justice of India and the Prime Minister of India are similarly related.

          The Supreme Court would have to grant permission after establishing the illegality.

           Obviously, India cannot have a stronger anti-corruption law. The efforts of Mr. Anna Hazare, Ms. Kiran Bedi and the others are to dilute this so that the wealth of the big offenders would be conserved.

          They should note the recent disposal of the bail petition of Mrs. Kanimozli by the Supreme Court.

               She had submitted her petition before the vacation bench comprising Justice B.S. Chauhan and Justice Swatanter Kumar.

          The above bench had posed three questions to the CBI. They were:

1. What happened to Re.200 crore paid as bribe to Kalaigar TV? Through this question the bench indirectly asked the CBI the reason for not - doing its duty of - attaching the assets of all suspected beneficiaries.

2. The loss suffered by the Government in the grant of 13 Unified Access Service - licences. This is to know whether the Supreme Court promoted corruption by allowing the policy makers to transmit public assets to private parties in the pretext of policy.

3. The status of the 2G trial before the Special CBI court. This is to know whether Mr. A. Raja or Mrs. Kanimozli amassed wealth by committing any illegality, and if not, the reason for sending them to the Tihar jail before the completion of the investigation.

          The bench virtually ordered a parallel CBI enquiry to know whether the Supreme Court –misusing its power- enacted any coup against a Union Minister through the aid of the CBI or not,

          Apparently due to a conspiracy, the bench was changed, and Justice Sathasivam and Justice A.K. Patnaik  were asked to hear the case. They refused. Why did Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia change the bench during court vacation?

          However, the above two judges would have done justice. But the people would say that they spoiled the good work done by the CBI.

       Justice G.A. Ganguly and many other judges also might have hesitated to cancel the vacation for the same reason.

        Some learned judges might have refused to share the bench with Justice G.S. Singhvi.

          The Chief Justice, therefore- substituted the dangerous Justice Swatanter Kumar in the vacation bench by Justice G.S. Singhvi. This must be how Justice B.S.Chauhan and Justice G.S. Singhvi heared the bail petition of Mrs. Kanimozhi.

          What prompted Justice G.S. Singhvi to cancel the vacation?       

          This is the observation of a citizen of India sitting away from the Supreme Court.

          Ignoring the Constitution of India, the Supreme Court is degrading itself by its own mind.

          Mr. Anna Hazare and the other social activists could have worked to prevent the degradation of the Supreme Court.

          The facts from 13 June 2011 to 25 June 2011 are being submitted to Mrs. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, Her Excellency the President of India, on 26 June 2011.

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