Rajeev Chandrasekhar (India Today, February 14, 2011) rightly lampoons the behaviour of two highly-placed individuals namely Kapil Sibal and Montek Singh Ahluwalia, the Union Minister and Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission respectively who took up the issue of 2-G spectrum and tried to justify the actions of the minister A. Rasa and the officials of the Department of Telecom during 2007 and 2008. Kapil was trying to say that there was no loss to the state exchequer albeit there could be scope for corruption in licensing. Montek was pleading that the private companies didn't make any profit. It is somewhat perplexing indeed that these two 'spinmasters' not only failed to protect government revenues but also failed to know the significance of auction procedure in establishing transparency for public interest. Both are not active politicians through electoral process and therefore they need to be a little more cautious in their attitude and approach to such sensitive matters especially when other constitutional bodies such as C.A.G and Supreme Court of India are supervising the proceedings and guiding the investigation agencies.
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