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Sunday, May 29, 2016

WHISTLE BLOWER



Subramaniam Swamy

 

 In November 2008, Subramanian Swamy amongst others wrote the first of five letters to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking permission to prosecute A. Raja in regard to the 2G spectrum scam. However, Singh took no action,leading Swamy to file a case on his own in the Supreme Court of India regarding the matter, which then asked the Central Bureau of Investigation to produce a detailed report on it.He further called on the Indian government to re-auction the 2G spectrum without the involvement of Communications Minister Kapil Sibal.
          Subramanian Swamy demanded that an independent committee should be formed to check the security and safety of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) to avoid any rigging or tampering. He argued that countries like US, Japan, UK, Germany and Netherlands have abandoned EVMs and are using paper-ballot system and demanded that a printed receipt should be given to every voter after casting the vote                 
           He is the founder and chairperson of Action Committee Against Corruption in India (ACACI). ACACI's goal is to take specific a... (more)

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