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    The Big Question: Will 2G spell the end of the UPA?

    The Supreme Court’s decision to cancel all 122 telecom licenses issued by the former communications minister A Raja in 2008 is going to rock many political and corporate boats. Remember these include corporate behemoths like the Tatas, Reliance, Idea, Vodafone and Bharti. For the UPA government it amounts to red-faced embarrassment and a hole it possibly won’t be able to dig itself out of, and for Raja, almost certain indictment for his alleged involvement in the 3G telecom scam. Even though the PM Manmohan Singh and the then Finance Minister P Chidambaram claim they are not culpable, because they were in favor of the auctions, their actions will be seen as suspect.



    Will this be the last nail in the coffin for the UPA and cost them in the next general election?
    Share your opinion in the comments section below.


    Related:
    * SC scraps 122 licences granted under Raja's tenure, trial court to decide on Chidambaram's role
    * Govt will examine the verdict by SC, says Pranab Mukherjee

    More from the Big Question - Your opinion matters!

     
    • kuldeep  •  Dar es Salaam, Tanzania  •  3 months ago
      Why no reballian (kranti) in india :-
      Poor dont have courage
      middleman dnt have time...
      rich dnt need..
      • Raidu 3 months ago
        under current of rebellion thier is in india once it comes open no body can stop it, i am the first to face any kind situation to change this system, no body can stop me even the the god who created me, why i am saying is this i am against the constitution which was copied from british who indirectly imposed on us, i am not against complete constitution but against the out dated laws in the constitution which our politicians are using to shield themselves against their crimes against humanity i want amendents in this constitutions in order to protect the innocent and poor and save the democracy from this politicians who are morans in india who use us to their personal gains i am against all political parties of India who do not bring changes to our system which is not suited to our present condition. Don't send your sons and daughters for other countries for better life instead implement the changes the other countries are following for development
      • raj 3 months ago
        you are absolutely right Kuldip
    • D.K. Gupta  •  Sydney, Australia  •  3 months ago
      India is a country of about 120 crores of people. Can such a huge population go silent on every incident of alarming corruption? Their silence is encouraging the politicians. Please wake up now and raise voice against government.
      • Josh 3 months ago
        People's voice will be in their votes......not on the streets. That's what makes India's democracy more strong.
      • sukdev 3 months ago
        Agree 100 per cent. Such a bog country with such massive populace , what not can be done.
    • samik  •  3 months ago
      One of the most corrupted Govt.s we have ever seen.............Present West Bengal govt. is following the same path......... Now a days if you want to become a politician you have to be corrupted first...............BS..
    • shinta  •  New Delhi, Delhi  •  3 months ago
      i read in newspaper of Hindustan TIMES of 27th January that Sheila dikshit announced that gov will give compensation to the girls family 3laks rs who were ganged raped or raped by someone for a medical treatment .we as a public asking you that if your daughter is ganged raped and given compensation will that be satisfactory to you.Why compensation why not a punishment to those culprits .should be given a strict punishment to those criminals.please take some action to stop this kind of criminals.compensation should be given the family members who is the culprit and also given hard punishment .please think like a mother then act .
      • Aanand 3 months ago
        Dear Shinta, i agree with you.rapists should be given nothing less than a death sentence. but with the legal system the judges and law is letting them go scott free. every woman should carry a medium sized knife and kill or at least hurt the man who tries to rape. if one victim kills the rapist it will surely ring an alarm bell for every rapist. PS: the knife should be in an accessible place and not in the handbag or pouch.
      • Aman Lama 3 months ago
        dear shinta... she announced give compensation to girls family that does not mean criminals will not punish. 75% of family not registering complains. at-least now they will come and register complain.
    • san  •  Ranchi, Jharkhand  •  3 months ago
      हमारे देश की न्‍यायि‍क प्रक्रि‍या इतनी दुरूह है कि‍ अंति‍म नि‍र्णय के संबंध में कुछ नहीं कहा जा सकता । अभी 2जी मामले में इतनी तारीख पर तारीख मि‍लेगी कि‍ मामले में अंति‍म फैसला लेने वाले माननीय न्‍यायाधीश महोदय बदल चुके होंगे । और तब क्‍या होगा इसका अंदाजा भर लगाया जा सकता है ।
    • Pinky  •  Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh  •  3 months ago
      Still judiciary in our Country is alive and every indian trust on the judgement of the SC.Licences must be canceel and all the culpits must sent in to jail for minimum 10 years.
      Bhupendra Chopra Noida U.P.
      • nageswararao 3 months ago
        it is the correct punishment for those................
    • Rupendra  •  3 months ago
      This is a question which should be left for the future. As a matter of principle all the ministers bureaucrats and high level officers must be removed from service with their entire properties attached with the govt. and made govt. property immediately. They must be declared criminals and enemies of the nation and should be prosecuted as a traitor. Chidambaram all along knew that this policy will make them extremely rich personally. He , a brilliant economist and shrewd businessman, must have understood that in moments and that is why he went along Raja. No body can deny the meaning of Pranab Mukherjee's observation and he meant that because he knows chidambaram's sharp brain very well. There has to be a system which should automatically probe and prosecute any minister or politicians like any individual on a case to case basis . The moment it is made a party issue, it starts politicising.and that has to be stopped.
    • Suryanarayanan  •  Bandung, Indonesia  •  3 months ago
      It is an utter shame to believe that such a huge scam has taken place and Finance Minister GR8 Chidambaram Sir is not aware! Even if judges of various courts leave him ,almighty God will punish him through people's power.People of India-Please awake and punish the guilty through ballot.Let it be a lesson for future ministers.
    • leomale c  •  3 months ago
      Khet pe lagi badd agar fasal barbad karne lage to khet khatam hoga hee
    • Mr. D. Viswanathan  •  3 months ago
      This is not even the first nail.. I am sure cong will come back to power, even in the next election.. this so called 2 G episode is only in the cities and that too in the minds of creamy layer of the society.. Indian elections are fought in the dusty roads of illiterate poor villages.. where still 'bijili,sadak,pani' is an issue thanks to the continues cong govt.s at the centre. Main thing is there is no potent opposition..If some body spoil the cong prospects in the next election then its that party and its neta's only. Look at the way they handled Anna Hazare.. Cong needs some Goebbel.Who is shroud and thinking person.. not Sibals ,Singhvis etc.
    • ashokan  •  , Tamil Nadu  •  3 months ago
      THe colossal loss figures not revealed.Just cancelling the licences not enough.If the policy is wrong then it will affect the fortunes of the telecompanies who got their licences before 2008.Anyhow the pople of this countrys loss by tariff increase is going to be the worst. It will affect teledensity population.UPa will not be cowed down if one person indulged immoral activities.Moral culpability applies to every party not only for Congress.
    • ARajendran  •  Muddunoor, Andhra Pradesh  •  3 months ago
      All fingurs in a hand are not equal and in such way one or two persons doing a wrong things in upa government will not a reason for its failure in future and the present upa will form next government at centre.
    • Rakesh  •  3 months ago
      High time to end this CORRUPTION REGIMN
      Vote for any donkey, ass, owl. But dont vote for a corrupt.
      The final verdict has to come from US (common man) rather than SC
    • sharmilee  •  3 months ago
      it has to fght to finish,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,let someone else eat away country money,,,why why why only one italy family.,,,and team mate.
    • Manish  •  3 months ago
      Well done SC
    • Amit  •  New Delhi, Delhi  •  3 months ago
      Now the time is election time & UP state election had left & UP can b big battle for UPA/Congress & is samay SC ka ye decision UPA ke liye kafi nuksaan dayak hoga.ise ham uper wale ki lathi kah sakte hai.Ab dekhna ye hai ki kya iske baad bhi public UPA/Congress ko hi chunegi jabki corrupt sabhi parties hai.Thanks
    • rameshkumar  •  Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh  •  3 months ago
      Will this be the last nail in the coffin for the UPA? in my view "NO", and it costs in the next general election definitely but may be in a positive way tooo.(there is a chance) as above said 'REMEMBER the corporate behemoths like the Tatas, Reliance, Idea, Vodafone and Bharti are involved'........ these corporate guys bribe the govt officials and politicians to get their work done......there is no big matter for these guys if all they form as a ring collectively to form UPA govt.again by funding the party for elections to buy whatever the voters,votes in fact election commissioners etc., on a condition of making their licenses active, b cos we the people are corrupted too.
    • abani  •  3 months ago
      No, bcoz majority people don't take it seriously. Those who know it, are not bother for corruption.
    • senior citizen  •  Chennai, Tamil Nadu  •  3 months ago
      why this alarm there is no rule that congress alone rulethi vast country 65 yrs precious time they wasted in developing a free and honest govt taking all problems facing our land see the govt is infestd with corrupted officials why there is no alternative opposition party who can foprm the next govt what alternative left it is high time that people exercise their franchize prooperly we want a true national [party representing every federanl state let all states jointly decide who is next no more coalition with regional selfish parties who wants mor power see the poor congress they depend on others to rule a law to be passed fast only max 3 paerties og national character when people have to organise and start slectiong the beast dynamic leaders who can steer the nation boldly no more weak our enemies waituing to intimidate our border and countries economy we want a militarily more aggressive govt to stand with our head high no more appeasement see iran could face usa see the china no oe dares to talk against what they do what abloyut india all nations criticise we are cowards when we arise ?
    • senior citizen  •  Chennai, Tamil Nadu  •  3 months ago
      fact that peopleof middle class workers peasdsants farmers other illterate masses dont know what is happening in our land r they have no time 2g of inflation or other terms they dont understand so our leaders know that thsese [eople can be fooled as they like only high society educated peol=ple are aware our leaders keep most people under illiterasy once they are educated they will exercise their will propery so corrupted parties can fool these people etetally our nation majority are below average in information our medis failed totally to awaken these categories see trvs cinema world even infom ytech totally failed present tvs display romance bikni dances heors going and chasing girls old junks danciny with young ones what a poor culture emulating western sham,e are hey not indians why imitate them cheap show public are fools to waste their money on these shows stars become crore pathis see the farmers who tiol to m,ake food starve and die no mercy for thses poor people but every one can spend any amount to visit cinema haals and enjoy =the bikni dances this has to change