Sachin=GOD Posted July 7, 2011 Posted July 7, 2011 Dayanidhi Maran quits Union Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran on Thursday resigned from the Union Cabinet. Mr. Maran met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after a Cabinet meeting and tendered his resignation following a word from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief M. Karunanidhi, highly-placed sources said. The Central Bureau of Investigation in its status report on the 2G scam case on Wednesday, charged him with “forcing” Chennai-based telecom promoter C. Sivasankaran to sell his stakes in his company Aircel to a Malaysian firm in 2006 during his tenure as Telecom Minister in UPA-I. Attends Cabinet meeting It was business as usual for Mr. Dayanidhi Maran in the morning as he attended the Cabinet meeting during which he abstained himself for a brief while when the issue of licence for FM channels came up. He kept himself away on account of conflict of interest because his brother Mr. Kalanidhi Maran runs a media empire that includes FM channels in various languages. Mr. Dayanidhi Maran went back home from the Cabinet meeting and returned later to give his resignation to the Prime Minister on the DMK chief’s direction. Mr. Dayanidhi Maran, son of late Union Minister Muralosi Maran, is a grand nephew of Mr. Karunanidhi. With this, Mr. Dayanidhi Maran becomes the second DMK Minister to step down for alleged involvement in 2G scam. Former Telecom Minister A. Raja was forced to resign in November, 2010 when the CAG indicted him in the scam. Mr. Karunanidhi’s daughter and DMK MP Kanimozhi and Mr. Raja are currently in Tihar jail for their alleged involvement in the scam. This is the second time Mr. Dayanidhi Maran is quitting the Cabinet. The CBI, in its report, also said that during 2004-07 when Mr. Dayanidhi Maran was Telecom Minister, Mr. Sivasankaran, was forced to sell the stake in Aircel to a Malaysian firm Maxis Group. There was intense speculation for the past one month about Maran’s continuance in the Union Cabinet after reports alleging that the family-owned Sun TV received pay-offs from a Malaysian firm in return for the spectrum alloted to it during Mr. Dayanidhi Maran’s tenure surfaced. The Hindu
ganeshran Posted July 7, 2011 Posted July 7, 2011 :aha: :yay: One more crook gone from the cabinet Wonder which crook will take his place :((
asterix Posted July 7, 2011 Posted July 7, 2011 :aha: :yay: One more crook gone from the cabinet Wonder which crook will take his place :(( Most probably TR Baalu..
saneindian Posted July 7, 2011 Posted July 7, 2011 The key question is could all this have happened with out the Congress and its top leadership being aware of it? Surely they too got a grand share of the pie but have so far been able to muzzle the probe. But it won't be long before they too get dragged into this if the Supreme Court keeps the noose tight for CBI and keeps whipping it to get to the core of this loot. Also if the CBi is serious, they need to catch another crooked Telecom Minister from the NDA era, Ram Vilas Paswan.
Anonymous Posted July 8, 2011 Posted July 8, 2011 Even Southie politicians are better than northie netas..The best northies could do was a fodder scam :cantstop:
diga Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 Congrats to Swamy ED attaches Rs.747 cr worth assets of Sun TV buildings, land, FDs of Maran brothers in Aircel-Maxis scam
Texan Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 DMK could probably hold the title of the most corrupt party in the country......perhaps even the World? On second thoughts, maybe not the World, but definitely the country. I don't think any other party must have looted so much. I mean these guys just don't seem to have any limits.
Detonator Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 The Karuna and Maran family are in a whole different level of corruption. They want to step in every business sector and destroy others.
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