Mining Mess: Open letter to Manmohan Singh
It is ironic that while iron ore worth Rs 100 crores is being pilfered and looted by private interests each day in a cosy crony capitalistic relationship, NMDC is looking for fresh investment for iron ore in Australia!
Add to that the proposed allotment of iron ore to private barons worth trillion of dollars for petty royalty and not to NMDC, the tragedy of a poor nation suffering at the hands of corrupt politicians is complete.
Bellary Reddys’ mining interests in Karnataka
C V Nagesh, the lawyer representing the Reddys, has suggested that no mining lease has been issued in their name in Karnataka and there was no question of illegal mining or looting Karnataka’s state wealth as they don’t have any mining activity in the state.
Notwithstanding the statement given by their lawyer, Canary Trap brings you exclusive details of how the Bellary Reddys not only have mining interests in the state but also how they control most of the mines through rising contractors, partners and other arrangements.
Exclusive: The rise of Bellary Reddys
Sources say GJR and his eldest brother G Karunakara Reddy are learnt to have discontinued their studies sometime in early 1980s. While Karunakara entered into contract work like cable network, GJR joined a Kolkata-based financial firm. He bought his first vehicle (TVS-50) in 1983, a TVS Suzuki Bike in 1985, and an Ambassador car in 1987.
The fortunes of Reddy brothers changed after the 1999 Lok Sabha polls.
BJP’s silence on Karnataka’s murky mining mess
The Reddy duo have declared publicly that Sushma Swaraj is like a mother to them. Interestingly, Swaraj’s husband, Swaraj Kaushal, has been appointed as standing counsel of the Karnataka government in the Supreme Court.
With the Karnataka govt promising action against the mining mafia, would ‘papa’ Kaushal be loyal to the state govt or to his wife’s children when he represents the state in the illegal mining case in the SC?
Naxal issue: Open letter to P Chidambaram
This is in response to your repeated taunts on NDTV that the civil society must respond to the wanton killing by the Naxals. It appears that the interview was tailor-made for getting the consent of the Cabinet for more firepower and airpower to combat the Maoists.
The diabolic support of Arun Jaitly, be it by describing you an injured martyr, was designed to achieve his ambition through the support of the mining barons of the BJP-ruled states.
2G Spectrum Scam: Timeline of Raja’s dubious role
Despite mounting evidence against Telecom Minister A Raja about his controversial role in allocation of 2G spectrum to firms at a price much below the market price, the UPA government appears to be shielding him. Raja’s decision to grant new licenses resulted in a loss of around Rs 60,000 crores to the national exchequer.
Canary Trap brings you this timeline of Raja’s dubious role in the entire issue.
Tapping, trapping and Telecom Scam
Documents available with Canary Trap reveal that CBI DIG Vineet Agarwal had sought call detail records of Nira Radia and some other middlemen from Directorate General of Income Tax through a letter on November 16, 2009.
The CBI inquiry so far has completely shocked the government. As a result, the man leading the investigations into the scam was transferred. Is the removal of Vineet Agarwal a part of the government’s efforts to bury the inconvenient facts that has emerged from the inquiry till now?
