2G scam twist: JPC to grill CBI chief, telecom secretary

A Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) will today examine the Central Bureau of Investigation's allegation that its own lawyer in the 2G case was colluding with a representative of one of the companies accused of criminal conspiracy and cheating to obtain cheap spectrum in 2008 from then telecom minister A Raja.

The alleged collusion between the CBI prosecutor and Unitech, one of the firms accused in the scam, is likely to make for a stormy JPC session, as CBI director Ranjit Sinha and telecom secretary R Chandrashekhar will face it.

The latest twist in the 2G scam is also expected to create uproar in Parliament during the budget session starting from 21 February.

Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy on Tuesday welcomed the latest disclosure in the 2G spectrum case, but also said that it has actually given a boost to the prosecution case rather than adversely affecting it.

"I think what has happened is that it has given a huge boost to the prosecution case itself instead of the opposite because this was happening, there was internal sabotage, we knew that. And in Chidambaram's case, I could see it blatantly that there was sabotage from the CBI. Swamy had unsuccessfully sought the institution of proceedings against finance minister P Chidambaram in the case (See: 2G: No case against Chidambaram in 2G scam, says SC).

''And now, we have information that it is the CBI which conducted the sting operation. So there is hope that the honest elements in the CBI will now dominate and we will proceed and get to the root of the matter. And I think this corruption case goes all the way to the top and one by one we will now proceed further," he said.