Central ministers like P.Chidambaram, Kapil Sibal and Manish Tiwari have once again criticised the CAG for his report of loss of Rs. 1.76 lakh crore for the government in the 2G scam. Now that the government has got only Rs. 9,407 crore, far less than the estimated Rs. 40,000 crore in the present auction, the opportunity is used by the Ministers to criticise CAG instead of a soul-searching why the auction amount is reduced.

The fact is that the entire spectrum available has not been put for auction. Secondly, there were no bidders for auction in some circles. Third and most important is that, it is clear that the private telecom companies have bid only for a few circles with an understanding for cartelisation. They fully believe that sharing will be allowed and they can give service without bidding for all circles. They had already provided service in the same way in circles, where they did not have 3G licence. The fourth is the present the  economic recession.

In each and every point mentioned above, the government and its wrong policies are fully responsible.  C AG has done his job correctly and he cannot be blamed for the wrong policies of the government. Ministers should apologise for such bad remarks.