PAC quizzes Ratan Tata, Niira Radia

Sitting on the right side of the conference table with two of his associates seated beside him, industrialist Ratan Tata faced the Parliamentary Public Action Committee, PAC on Monday at the Parliament House

Sitting on the right side of the conference table with two of his associates seated beside him, industrialist Ratan Tata faced the Parliamentary Public Action Committee, PAC on Monday at the Parliament House.

Corporate lobbyist Niira Radia was also today quizzed by Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in connection with alleged irregularities in the 2G spectrum allocation.


Industrialist Ratan Tata on his way to appear before Public Accounts
Committee in New Delhi on Monday. Pic/Mid Day

Both defended themselves in front of the PAC about their alleged roles in the 2G spectrum scam.u00a0 Radia, whose tapped phone conversations with politicians, corporates, bureaucrats, and journalists form a key part of the investigations into the 2G spectrum scam, is believed to have told the Committee that some of the tapes of her purported talks were doctored. "She told us that some tapes are genuine while some are doctored," a member of the PAC said.

He said she was also asked about the letter Tata had reportedly written to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi praising the then Telecom Minister A Raja. Radia, chairperson of Vaishnavi Corporate Communications, appeared before the PAC along with two senior colleagues Manoj Warrier and Yateesh Wahaal.

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