Swamy seeks Governor's nod to prosecute TN CM
HT Correspondent
Chennai, February 07, 2011
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Swamy-seeks-Governor-s-nod-to-prosecute-TN-CM/H1-Article1-659488.aspx#disqus_thread
The news about the transfer of funds from DB Realty, a Mumbai-based real estate firm and one of the beneficiaries of the 2G Spectrum scam, to the Chennai-based Kalaignar TV, in which Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi's second wife Dayalu holds 60% shares and Kanimozhi, his daughter by his third wife holds 20% shares, does not come as a surprise. After all, Dayalu is one who reportedly, according to Nira Radia, received Rs. 600 Crores from her husband's grand nephew, Dayanidhi Maran, to ensure him a berth in the Union Cabinet.
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The staunch defence put up by Karunanidhi of former Union Telecom Minister Andimuthu Raja's murky deals is itself a clear indication that he was one of the biggest beneficiaries of the Spectrum scam, through which the Nation has lost an estimated Rs 1,76,000 Crores. I fully back Dr Subramanian Swamy's demand in Court that Karunanidhi should be named as a co-accused in the case. The reasons and basis for this demand are listed out below :
Kanimozhi, whose claim to fame and riches begins and ends with being Karunanidhi's daughter, is today worth several thousand crore rupees. Westgate Logistics, a shipping company jointly owned by her and her mother Rajathi, several educational institutions purchased under benami names, a Rs. 4,000 Crore five-star hotel chain that is coming up all over South India, again under benami names, are all newly accumulated assets that have accrued after the Spectrum deals were pushed through by her close friend, Raja.
Thamizh Maiyam, an event management firm jointly promoted by Kanimozhi and another close associate, Jagat Gaspar, which had been entrusted by the State Government with the task of promoting Tamil culture in Chennai by organising an annual cultural festival called Chennai Sangamam, has been receiving huge funds in the name of sponsorship from companies that had been given mobile phone operation licences by Raja. Gaspar, a frequent traveller abroad, is reportedly handling the parking of funds belonging to Kanimozhi and her mother in various tax havens abroad.
To learn about Kanimozhi's mother Rajathi's financial status, a cursory look at the financial status of some of her domestic servants would suffice. Saravanan, a sweeper in Royal Enterprises, a furniture showroom in Chennai owned by Rajathi, later went on to become her manager. He hit the headlines recently when he brokered the controversial Voltas land deal wherein a prime property on the arterial Anna Salai in Chennai worth over Rs 300 Crores, was reportedly sold by him for Rs 25 Crores to one Shanmughanathan of Malaysia. Interestingly, Rajathi, who publicly claimed lack of knowledge about this particular land deal, was full of concern about the deal in her widely telecast conversation with corporate lobbyist Niira Radia. Equally interestingly, the Malaysian, Shanmughanathan, who got the Voltas property for a song, also has purchased a 500 acre tea estate in Kothagiri for a mere Rs 2.5 Crores!
Daniel Samuel, an AC mechanic, who was servicing the airconditioners in Rajathi's new home in CIT Colony in Chennai, is today the proud owner of a fleet of BMW cars. He is also believed to be keeping money in sacks in his Little Mount office and is buying up properties in Munnar, Kottayam and several other parts of Kerala for the "Second Lady" of Tamil Nadu. When his daughter's wedding was celebrated in Cochin, planeloads of Chennai's VVIPs were flown over to bless the couple, including ruling party politicians and top IAS and IPS officers.
Genex Exim, a Chennai-based company registered with a share-capital of just Rs 1 lakh, had 5.7% shares worth Rs 380 crores in Swan Telecom (now Etisalat DB), one of the beneficiaries of Raja's telecom largesse. Genex belongs to the son of Syed Salahuddin of the ETA Group of companies, Dubai. Salahuddin has been a close associate of Karunanidhi right from the early 1970s and had earned dubious mention in the Sarkaria Commission Report, which chronicled Karunanidhi's propensity for scientific corruption. It is his ETA Group that has been entrusted with the construction of most road bridges and flyovers initiated by Karunanidhi as well as the new Library Building in Kotturpuram and the new State Secretariat building. Interestingly, the new Secretariat was originally budgeted at Rs 450 crores. During the Pennagaram by-election, Karunanidhi referred to it as a Rs 750 Crore construction. In the Governor's Address presented in the State Assembly last month, the construction cost was mentioned as Rs 910 Crores. In his interim budget presented just two days ago, the State Finance Minister showed the construction expenditure as Rs 1,100 Crores. The construction is still not complete though the building was inaugurated more than a year ago. And the final cost, like the Spectrum loss, could be much higher.
It is the same ETA Group that has benefited from all these projects and which is believed to be the conduit for parking the Karunanidhi family's funds abroad that is also handling the infamous State Health Insurance Scheme under the name of Star Insurance Company. Through this scheme, an estimated Rs 2000 Crores of state funds have been siphoned out over a period of four years, ostensibly to provide health insurance cover to the people of the State. With the same money, 20 medical colleges with state-of-the-art general hospitals could have been set up in 20 districts in the State. This would have churned out over 2000 new doctors each year in addition to providing free treatment for all ailments to over 20,000 people every day!
If the CBI, the Enforcement Directorate and the Income Tax Department, all of whom are involved in the Spectrum Scam investigation do their duty without fear or favour, then the entire Karunanidhi family including Kanimozhi, Rajathi and Karunanidhi himself will have to cool their heels behind bars, for a large chunk of the spectrum kickbacks has landed in their kitty. The issue is all the more grave, as a number of foreign players based in hostile countries inimical to India, including China and Pakistan, have been given entry into our Telecom Sector opening up very serious concerns about the Nation's sovereignty, security and territorial integrity.
Raja is only a pawn. The kingpins have to be brought to book. With the Supreme Court monitoring every turn of the investigations, I trust justice will prevail and the money looted will be recovered in full and the culprits brought to book. The only question is, does the CBI and do the other investigating agencies have this type of an umbrella mandate? It is under these circumstances that I, along with all other opposition leaders, cutting across the political spectrum, have been insisting on a Joint Parliamentary Committee Probe. If the Congress leadership has nothing to hide, it should give in to this eminently reasonable demand.
Unfazed by Karunanidhi’s legal notice against him, Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy on Monday sought prosecution of Tamil Nadu CM M Karunanidhi for his alleged misuse of office in the
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submitting a memorandum, complete with the proof of irregularities in the allotment of land under the discretionary quota by the chief minister, Swamy said rules were flouted with impunity and as such it amounted to corrupt practice, just like what happened in Karnataka where chief minister BS Yedurrappa favoured his own children to allot land.
“The governor of Karnataka did not waste any time in sanctioning prosecution of the chief minister there. Likewise, I hope governor Barnala too would promptly give sanction to prosecute Karunanidhi,” Swamy said and threatened that he would move the court if the sanction did not come within the prescribed three months time.
Swamy, who had sought time from the governor, however could not meet him in person as “he was unwell. I submitted the memorandum to an official of the governor, his ADC along with proof of the irregularities,” he said.
The rules of the Tamil Nadu Housing Board (TNHB) are clear on allotment of land. The applicant should not possess any land or house or flat in the city. But the chief minister exceeded his authority and committed a corrupt act, the Janata Party president said demanding his immediate resignation on this count.
“For Karunanidhi’s prosecution in the 2G Spectrum scam, I do not need any permission as it was a private arrangement between former telecom minister A Raja and the chief minister,” he said and dismissed the legal notice sent by Karunanidhi as one that exposed his utter lack of understanding of the criminal law.
“I have not received any notice. And even if I get it, I will throw it into the dustbin,” Swamy said daring Karunanidhi to meet him in the court. “He will get defeated like he did in 2005 in the courts,” Swamy boasted saying that he had every proof with him and would not have ventured out to prosecute him without proof.
“I am not a journalist like you to say anything just like that. I will be held accountable. So , I do not proceed unless I have proof for what I am alleging,” Swamy told Hindustan Times in response to a question.
“The TNHB rules clearly state that land cannot be allotted to well to do persons and to those already owing a plot, apartment or a house. Here the land has been allotted to IAS officials and others,” Swamy said.
When pointed out that the discretionary quota has already been abolished in Tamil Nadu, Swamy quipped that it did not take away the criminal element of misuse of official position and even if the lands are returned now, the chief minister would be liable to prosecution.
Swamy said he had readied some 23 documents relating to Karunanidhi and the housing scam petition was the first one.
The housing scam allegation is the second one Swamy fired at Karunanidhi after petitioning the CBI court in Delhi to implicate Karunanidhi in the 2G Spectrum case. On Saturday, Swamy named Karunanidhi as a co-accused along with former telecom minister A Raja in the 2G Spectrum scam in his complaint to a CBI court. "I had named DMK chief Karunanidhi as a co-accused along with Raja in the matter and many more names will be added," Swamy told press persons.
On Sunday, the chief minister hit back sending a legal notice to Swamy asking him to retract his statement within 24 hours, failing which to face criminal proceedings.
Far from retracting, Swamy rubbished the notice saying that he would throw it into the dustbin if and when he received. Denying that he had received any notice so far, Swamy boasted that he would “teach Karunanidhi a lesson like the one I taught him in 2005”.
“Let him take me to court. He will be beaten like he was in 2005 and he knows it too,” Swamy replied when asked about the legal notice.
Meanwhile, AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa on Monday extended her full support to Swamy in his crusade against Karunanidhi on the 2G Scam.
In a statement, the AIDMK supremo alleged that the chief minister’s family was a beneficiary of the 2G Spectrum scam funds.
When asked about Jayalalithaa's support, Swamy said he thanked her. "She is an intelligent lady and knows the truth."
Jayalalithaa, in her statement on Monday said "the staunch defence putup by Karunanidhi of former union telecom minister Andimuthu Raja’s murky deals itself is a clear indication that he was one of the biggest beneficiaries of the Spectrum scam, through which the nation as lost an estimated Rs 1,76,000 crore,” Jayalalithaa said in a statement adding that Karunanidhi should be named as a co-accused in the scam as demanded by Swamy in a Delhi court.
“The news about the transfer of funds from DB Realty, a Mumbai-based real estate firm and one of the beneficiaries of the 2G Spectrum scam, to the Chennai-based Kalaignar TV, in which Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi's second wife Dayalu holds 60% shares and Kanimozhi, his daughter by his third wife holds 20% shares, does not come as a surprise. After all, Dayalu is one who reportedly, a according to Nira Radia, received Rs. 600 Crores from her husband's grand nephew, Dayanidhi Maran, to ensure him a berth in the Union Cabinet,” Jayalalithaa said in support of Swamy.
“If the CBI, the Enforcement Directorate and the Income Tax Department, all of whom are involved in the Spectrum Scam investigation do their duty without fear or favour, then the entire Karunanidhi family including Kanimozhi, Rajathi and Karunanidhi himself will have to cool their heels behind bars, for a large chunk of the spectrum kickbacks has landed in their kitty,” the AIDMK leader said.
HT Correspondent
Chennai, February 07, 2011
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Swamy-seeks-Governor-s-nod-to-prosecute-TN-CM/H1-Article1-659488.aspx#disqus_thread
The news about the transfer of funds from DB Realty, a Mumbai-based real estate firm and one of the beneficiaries of the 2G Spectrum scam, to the Chennai-based Kalaignar TV, in which Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi's second wife Dayalu holds 60% shares and Kanimozhi, his daughter by his third wife holds 20% shares, does not come as a surprise. After all, Dayalu is one who reportedly, according to Nira Radia, received Rs. 600 Crores from her husband's grand nephew, Dayanidhi Maran, to ensure him a berth in the Union Cabinet.
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Press Releases Archieves
January 2011
Previous Year Next Year
The staunch defence put up by Karunanidhi of former Union Telecom Minister Andimuthu Raja's murky deals is itself a clear indication that he was one of the biggest beneficiaries of the Spectrum scam, through which the Nation has lost an estimated Rs 1,76,000 Crores. I fully back Dr Subramanian Swamy's demand in Court that Karunanidhi should be named as a co-accused in the case. The reasons and basis for this demand are listed out below :
Kanimozhi, whose claim to fame and riches begins and ends with being Karunanidhi's daughter, is today worth several thousand crore rupees. Westgate Logistics, a shipping company jointly owned by her and her mother Rajathi, several educational institutions purchased under benami names, a Rs. 4,000 Crore five-star hotel chain that is coming up all over South India, again under benami names, are all newly accumulated assets that have accrued after the Spectrum deals were pushed through by her close friend, Raja.
Thamizh Maiyam, an event management firm jointly promoted by Kanimozhi and another close associate, Jagat Gaspar, which had been entrusted by the State Government with the task of promoting Tamil culture in Chennai by organising an annual cultural festival called Chennai Sangamam, has been receiving huge funds in the name of sponsorship from companies that had been given mobile phone operation licences by Raja. Gaspar, a frequent traveller abroad, is reportedly handling the parking of funds belonging to Kanimozhi and her mother in various tax havens abroad.
To learn about Kanimozhi's mother Rajathi's financial status, a cursory look at the financial status of some of her domestic servants would suffice. Saravanan, a sweeper in Royal Enterprises, a furniture showroom in Chennai owned by Rajathi, later went on to become her manager. He hit the headlines recently when he brokered the controversial Voltas land deal wherein a prime property on the arterial Anna Salai in Chennai worth over Rs 300 Crores, was reportedly sold by him for Rs 25 Crores to one Shanmughanathan of Malaysia. Interestingly, Rajathi, who publicly claimed lack of knowledge about this particular land deal, was full of concern about the deal in her widely telecast conversation with corporate lobbyist Niira Radia. Equally interestingly, the Malaysian, Shanmughanathan, who got the Voltas property for a song, also has purchased a 500 acre tea estate in Kothagiri for a mere Rs 2.5 Crores!
Daniel Samuel, an AC mechanic, who was servicing the airconditioners in Rajathi's new home in CIT Colony in Chennai, is today the proud owner of a fleet of BMW cars. He is also believed to be keeping money in sacks in his Little Mount office and is buying up properties in Munnar, Kottayam and several other parts of Kerala for the "Second Lady" of Tamil Nadu. When his daughter's wedding was celebrated in Cochin, planeloads of Chennai's VVIPs were flown over to bless the couple, including ruling party politicians and top IAS and IPS officers.
Genex Exim, a Chennai-based company registered with a share-capital of just Rs 1 lakh, had 5.7% shares worth Rs 380 crores in Swan Telecom (now Etisalat DB), one of the beneficiaries of Raja's telecom largesse. Genex belongs to the son of Syed Salahuddin of the ETA Group of companies, Dubai. Salahuddin has been a close associate of Karunanidhi right from the early 1970s and had earned dubious mention in the Sarkaria Commission Report, which chronicled Karunanidhi's propensity for scientific corruption. It is his ETA Group that has been entrusted with the construction of most road bridges and flyovers initiated by Karunanidhi as well as the new Library Building in Kotturpuram and the new State Secretariat building. Interestingly, the new Secretariat was originally budgeted at Rs 450 crores. During the Pennagaram by-election, Karunanidhi referred to it as a Rs 750 Crore construction. In the Governor's Address presented in the State Assembly last month, the construction cost was mentioned as Rs 910 Crores. In his interim budget presented just two days ago, the State Finance Minister showed the construction expenditure as Rs 1,100 Crores. The construction is still not complete though the building was inaugurated more than a year ago. And the final cost, like the Spectrum loss, could be much higher.
It is the same ETA Group that has benefited from all these projects and which is believed to be the conduit for parking the Karunanidhi family's funds abroad that is also handling the infamous State Health Insurance Scheme under the name of Star Insurance Company. Through this scheme, an estimated Rs 2000 Crores of state funds have been siphoned out over a period of four years, ostensibly to provide health insurance cover to the people of the State. With the same money, 20 medical colleges with state-of-the-art general hospitals could have been set up in 20 districts in the State. This would have churned out over 2000 new doctors each year in addition to providing free treatment for all ailments to over 20,000 people every day!
If the CBI, the Enforcement Directorate and the Income Tax Department, all of whom are involved in the Spectrum Scam investigation do their duty without fear or favour, then the entire Karunanidhi family including Kanimozhi, Rajathi and Karunanidhi himself will have to cool their heels behind bars, for a large chunk of the spectrum kickbacks has landed in their kitty. The issue is all the more grave, as a number of foreign players based in hostile countries inimical to India, including China and Pakistan, have been given entry into our Telecom Sector opening up very serious concerns about the Nation's sovereignty, security and territorial integrity.
Raja is only a pawn. The kingpins have to be brought to book. With the Supreme Court monitoring every turn of the investigations, I trust justice will prevail and the money looted will be recovered in full and the culprits brought to book. The only question is, does the CBI and do the other investigating agencies have this type of an umbrella mandate? It is under these circumstances that I, along with all other opposition leaders, cutting across the political spectrum, have been insisting on a Joint Parliamentary Committee Probe. If the Congress leadership has nothing to hide, it should give in to this eminently reasonable demand.
Unfazed by Karunanidhi’s legal notice against him, Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy on Monday sought prosecution of Tamil Nadu CM M Karunanidhi for his alleged misuse of office in the
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allotment of residential properties to ineligible and influential people. Speaking to media people after
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submitting a memorandum, complete with the proof of irregularities in the allotment of land under the discretionary quota by the chief minister, Swamy said rules were flouted with impunity and as such it amounted to corrupt practice, just like what happened in Karnataka where chief minister BS Yedurrappa favoured his own children to allot land.
“The governor of Karnataka did not waste any time in sanctioning prosecution of the chief minister there. Likewise, I hope governor Barnala too would promptly give sanction to prosecute Karunanidhi,” Swamy said and threatened that he would move the court if the sanction did not come within the prescribed three months time.
Swamy, who had sought time from the governor, however could not meet him in person as “he was unwell. I submitted the memorandum to an official of the governor, his ADC along with proof of the irregularities,” he said.
The rules of the Tamil Nadu Housing Board (TNHB) are clear on allotment of land. The applicant should not possess any land or house or flat in the city. But the chief minister exceeded his authority and committed a corrupt act, the Janata Party president said demanding his immediate resignation on this count.
“For Karunanidhi’s prosecution in the 2G Spectrum scam, I do not need any permission as it was a private arrangement between former telecom minister A Raja and the chief minister,” he said and dismissed the legal notice sent by Karunanidhi as one that exposed his utter lack of understanding of the criminal law.
“I have not received any notice. And even if I get it, I will throw it into the dustbin,” Swamy said daring Karunanidhi to meet him in the court. “He will get defeated like he did in 2005 in the courts,” Swamy boasted saying that he had every proof with him and would not have ventured out to prosecute him without proof.
“I am not a journalist like you to say anything just like that. I will be held accountable. So , I do not proceed unless I have proof for what I am alleging,” Swamy told Hindustan Times in response to a question.
“The TNHB rules clearly state that land cannot be allotted to well to do persons and to those already owing a plot, apartment or a house. Here the land has been allotted to IAS officials and others,” Swamy said.
When pointed out that the discretionary quota has already been abolished in Tamil Nadu, Swamy quipped that it did not take away the criminal element of misuse of official position and even if the lands are returned now, the chief minister would be liable to prosecution.
Swamy said he had readied some 23 documents relating to Karunanidhi and the housing scam petition was the first one.
The housing scam allegation is the second one Swamy fired at Karunanidhi after petitioning the CBI court in Delhi to implicate Karunanidhi in the 2G Spectrum case. On Saturday, Swamy named Karunanidhi as a co-accused along with former telecom minister A Raja in the 2G Spectrum scam in his complaint to a CBI court. "I had named DMK chief Karunanidhi as a co-accused along with Raja in the matter and many more names will be added," Swamy told press persons.
On Sunday, the chief minister hit back sending a legal notice to Swamy asking him to retract his statement within 24 hours, failing which to face criminal proceedings.
Far from retracting, Swamy rubbished the notice saying that he would throw it into the dustbin if and when he received. Denying that he had received any notice so far, Swamy boasted that he would “teach Karunanidhi a lesson like the one I taught him in 2005”.
“Let him take me to court. He will be beaten like he was in 2005 and he knows it too,” Swamy replied when asked about the legal notice.
Meanwhile, AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa on Monday extended her full support to Swamy in his crusade against Karunanidhi on the 2G Scam.
In a statement, the AIDMK supremo alleged that the chief minister’s family was a beneficiary of the 2G Spectrum scam funds.
When asked about Jayalalithaa's support, Swamy said he thanked her. "She is an intelligent lady and knows the truth."
Jayalalithaa, in her statement on Monday said "the staunch defence putup by Karunanidhi of former union telecom minister Andimuthu Raja’s murky deals itself is a clear indication that he was one of the biggest beneficiaries of the Spectrum scam, through which the nation as lost an estimated Rs 1,76,000 crore,” Jayalalithaa said in a statement adding that Karunanidhi should be named as a co-accused in the scam as demanded by Swamy in a Delhi court.
“The news about the transfer of funds from DB Realty, a Mumbai-based real estate firm and one of the beneficiaries of the 2G Spectrum scam, to the Chennai-based Kalaignar TV, in which Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi's second wife Dayalu holds 60% shares and Kanimozhi, his daughter by his third wife holds 20% shares, does not come as a surprise. After all, Dayalu is one who reportedly, a according to Nira Radia, received Rs. 600 Crores from her husband's grand nephew, Dayanidhi Maran, to ensure him a berth in the Union Cabinet,” Jayalalithaa said in support of Swamy.
“If the CBI, the Enforcement Directorate and the Income Tax Department, all of whom are involved in the Spectrum Scam investigation do their duty without fear or favour, then the entire Karunanidhi family including Kanimozhi, Rajathi and Karunanidhi himself will have to cool their heels behind bars, for a large chunk of the spectrum kickbacks has landed in their kitty,” the AIDMK leader said.
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