The government is understood to have left it to the CBI and JPC to look into the alleged irregularities in the grant of licences to Aircel, which is owned by Maxis Telecom of Malaysia, and the involvement of former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran in it.
BJP today demanded that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should sack Union Textile Minister Dayanidhi Maran if he did not resign on his own in the wake of allegations of a quid pro quo in awarding spectrum to Aircel.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa demanded the resignation of Union Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran following reports that his family-owned Sun TV Network was a beneficiary of pay-offs by a Malaysian company which benefited from equity sold by Aircel.
CBI does not rule out questioning former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran in connection with spectrum allocation during his tenure in UPA-I government.
Corporate lobbyist Nira Radia has claimed that Anil Ambani's Reliance Communications controlled Swan Telecom, which wasn't itself eligible for a 2G license because of a cross holding clause.
Tata Sons Chairman Ratan Tata today admitted that he did not share good 'chemistry' with Union Minister Dayanidhi Maran but said he did not influence the selection of ministers at the time formation of the second UPA government in 2009.
The Congress and the DMK failed to break the logjam over the seat sharing issue even after DMK leaders MK Alagiri and Dayanidhi Maran met Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday.