{"id":6977,"date":"2010-12-19T19:12:04","date_gmt":"2010-12-19T19:12:04","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-12-19T19:12:44","modified_gmt":"2010-12-19T19:12:44","slug":"India-s-PM-offers-to-be-questioned-in-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=6977","title":{"rendered":"India’s PM offers to be questioned in scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"

India’s prime minister offered Monday to be questioned by a parliamentary committee to prove his innocence in a telecommunications scandal that has shaken the government and reportedly cost the country billions.<\/p>\n

The Public Account Committee, headed by an opposition leader, is examining a report by India’s auditor general that says the government lost as much as $36 billion in potential revenue during its 2008 sale of second-generation, or 2G, cellular licenses.<\/p>\n

“I sincerely believe that, like Caesar’s wife, the prime minister should be above suspicion. I am prepared to appear before the committee, even though there is no precedent to that effect,” Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told a meeting of his governing Congress party.<\/p>\n

The issue overshadowed the two-day party conclave, which was scheduled to conclude later Monday on the outskirts of New Delhi.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, the party chairwoman, Sonia Gandhi, defended Singh, saying “the party stands solidly with him.”<\/p>\n

Sonia Ghandi was named on the Forbes List of 10 Powerful People in the World! She is fascinating and I hope that one day Myra Nair will produce a movie about her life!
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