New Delhi: The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Sunday called for action against companies which had acquired 2G spectrum by illegal means and said that the licences of companies which had not fulfilled their rollout obligations should be annulled.
In a statement released at the end of three-day meeting of its central committee, the party demanded a fresh auction to recoup the losses that had occurred during the 2G spectrum allocation.
Neo-liberalism
It said the 2G spectrum scam was a prime example of "the big business-politician-bureaucrat nexus which has now become the hallmark of the neo-liberal regime."
"The key issue is to bring to book all those who are involved in wrongdoing. The former minister, the guilty officials and the corporates who have suborned them. The first step in fact should be to cancel the licences of all those companies who have acquired it by illegal means. Further, as the TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) has pointed out, the licences of those companies who did not fulfil the rollout obligations should also be annulled. Fresh auction should be held to raise the revenue to recoup the losses," the statement said.
Judgment
It said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his government will be judged on how they accomplish this.