Arun Jaitley on Aircel - Maxis scam in Rajya Sabha

Sir,
The Hon’ble Minister of Parliamentary Affairs has made a statement.  Sir, it will be better if, at some stage, Members would be allowed to seek clarification on this, the reason being that this  Aircel-Maxis deal is highly controversial.  One Minister of this Government had to resign because of that.  The investigation in the matter is pending with the CBI.  The Minister has made a statement with regard to the fact that there is no delay in according FIPB permission.  One of the key questions which has not been addressed is that while all this is pending and the matter  goes to the FIPB, did somebody intrinsically connected receive some part of the shareholdings of the company  whose application is pending?  That is the key issue.  And that key issue does not seem to have been addressed.  Now, was it a normal acquisition?  Or is there something more than that meets the eye? Therefore, that issue will have to be addressed at some stage. The Minister has made a statement and we should be allowed to ask clarifications on this.

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