CBI raid DOT offices; PMO silent

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has raided the headquarters of the Department of Telecommunications after the vigilance commission referred to it the case of alleged irregularities in the process of 3G spectrum allocation.

This is not an issue that has suddenly come to light and I am quite baffled at the silence of the PMO and the PM on the issue. As a matter of fact the PMO never made any efforts to lend an ear to the allegations and the UPA retained Raja despite having a chance to drop him in the allocation of the ministries.

We do know that there are bound to be political compulsions in a coalition government but closing the eyes and the ears to the what could be biggest scam in the country is abdication of responsibility by the government. I wonder what the prime minister is waiting for: perhaps he will take action when the CBI would one day drag A. Raja physically out of the ministry's office.