Wednesday, November 10, 2010

HC heat on Raja over BSNL, MTNL appointments

Telecom minister A Raja faces further trouble with the Delhi High Court on Wednesday wanting to know the Centre’s stand on alleged irregularities in the appointment of CMDs of BSNL and MTNL. Raja faces charges of pushing his favourites into the posts by following an “arbitrary and mala fide appointment procedure."

The high court directive comes 10 days after the Supreme Court questioned his continuation as minister while facing serious allegations and slammed the CBI for its “slipshod” investigations into the 2G spectrum allocation scam.

Court notices have also gone to Kuldeep Singh and RK Upadhyay, who were recommended for the post of CMD in MTNL and BSNL, respectively. NGO Telecom Watchdog and Executive Association of Sanchar Nigam moved the court seeking quashing of the appointment procedure.
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