2G issue: Pranab meets Sonia Gandhi

New Delhi, September 29, 2011 (PTI)



Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Defence Minister A.K. Antony and Home Minister P. Chidambaram all met with the UPA Chairperson recently over the spectrum issue.



In the backdrop of controversy over a Finance Ministry note on the 2G issue, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday met Congress chief Sonia Gandhi.



Mr. Mukherjee's consultations with Ms. Gandhi came a day after his letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh setting out in detail the events surrounding the controversial allocation of spectrum.



Before Mr. Mukherjee's meeting, Defence Minister A.K. Antony held parleys with Ms. Gandhi and also her Political Secretary Ahmed Patel, party sources said.



This is the second meeting Mr. Mukherjee has had with Ms. Gandhi in the last three days. Home Minister P. Chidambaram had met Ms. Gandhi earlier this week and the Prime Minister on Wednesday.



Mr. Mukherjee's letter has come in the midst of a controversy triggered by a note from the Finance Ministry suggesting that the 2G scam could have been avoided had Mr. Chidambaram, the then Finance Minister, insisted on auction instead of giving licences at 2001 prices.



The letter is understood to have detailed the various meetings held on the subject of allocation of 2G spectrum, the correspondence among various Ministries and the events leading to the decision.


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