Daryaganj-based advocate Vivek Garg will have to wait a while to know the full ramifications of the latest document he has fished out of government vaults using the powerful Right to Information Act.
The 11-page document from the finance ministry to the Prime Minister's Office, and "seen by the finance minister" Pranab Mukherjee, now has home minister P Chidambaram under attack for his role in the 2G spectrum allocation.
The opposition parties are united in demanding Chidambaram's resignation and a CBI inquiry against him for his role as the finance minister when the spectrum allocation was carried out by then telecom minister A Raja in 2008. Multiple RTI applications filed by Garg with the Prime Minister's Office resulted in the finance ministry note to be released to him.
It is not the first time that Garg has got crucial documents from the government through RTI. Garg has till now filed over 4,000 RTIs applications, on matters ranging from local municipal issues of Delhi to Mayawati's alleged misdeeds.
But RTI is not his only way of courting controversies. His family runs Manas Publications which has published many controversial books on intelligence and military.
Garg filed multiple RTI queries with the PMO, seeking copies of all communications between the PMO and the finance ministry, telecom ministry and other stakeholders involved in the allocation of spectrum. The result has been a deluge of documents, running into hundreds of pages, from various stakeholders.
Most of those documents were already in public domain, thanks to whistleblowers and other officials who helped the media and activists expose the 2G spectrum scam.
But there was one list that brought in the storm: A list of 21 documents that are "communication between the PMO and the ministry of finance on 2G spectrum/licence matter from April 2004 onwards". The last document, 21st, is "Department of Economic Affairs' OM" (office memorandum) dated 25.3.2011, signed by PGS Rao, deputy director of the infrastructure and investment division in the Union finance ministry.
The document would have been destined to the dustbin had it not been for the covering letter which said, "This has been seen by the finance minister." As Garg caters to the media demands in the wake of fresh interest in the documents about the 2G scam, he says there are more documents with him that would throw fresh light on the controversy.
It was Delhi advocate Vivek Garg who fished out the letter implicating P Chidambaram in the 2G scam. It is not the first time that he has got crucial papers as he has filed 4,000 RTIs.
The 11-page document from the finance ministry to the Prime Minister's Office, and "seen by the finance minister" Pranab Mukherjee, now has home minister P Chidambaram under attack for his role in the 2G spectrum allocation.
The opposition parties are united in demanding Chidambaram's resignation and a CBI inquiry against him for his role as the finance minister when the spectrum allocation was carried out by then telecom minister A Raja in 2008. Multiple RTI applications filed by Garg with the Prime Minister's Office resulted in the finance ministry note to be released to him.
It is not the first time that Garg has got crucial documents from the government through RTI. Garg has till now filed over 4,000 RTIs applications, on matters ranging from local municipal issues of Delhi to Mayawati's alleged misdeeds.
But RTI is not his only way of courting controversies. His family runs Manas Publications which has published many controversial books on intelligence and military.
Garg filed multiple RTI queries with the PMO, seeking copies of all communications between the PMO and the finance ministry, telecom ministry and other stakeholders involved in the allocation of spectrum. The result has been a deluge of documents, running into hundreds of pages, from various stakeholders.
Most of those documents were already in public domain, thanks to whistleblowers and other officials who helped the media and activists expose the 2G spectrum scam.
But there was one list that brought in the storm: A list of 21 documents that are "communication between the PMO and the ministry of finance on 2G spectrum/licence matter from April 2004 onwards". The last document, 21st, is "Department of Economic Affairs' OM" (office memorandum) dated 25.3.2011, signed by PGS Rao, deputy director of the infrastructure and investment division in the Union finance ministry.
The document would have been destined to the dustbin had it not been for the covering letter which said, "This has been seen by the finance minister." As Garg caters to the media demands in the wake of fresh interest in the documents about the 2G scam, he says there are more documents with him that would throw fresh light on the controversy.
It was Delhi advocate Vivek Garg who fished out the letter implicating P Chidambaram in the 2G scam. It is not the first time that he has got crucial papers as he has filed 4,000 RTIs.
