If you thought the government was arbitrary in its conduct, well join the gang! The Supreme Court also thinks so…

Actually to the sharp observer with a conscience the Vodafone and the P Chidambaram case were clear. It is sad that it had to go right up till the Supreme Court. In case of Vodafone a over zealous Income tax department was trying to re-write the Income tax Act. How Vodafone could be asked to pay tax on gains made by Hutch is a question that was difficult. How the High Court accepted the argument is far more difficult to understand, let alone accept.

In the 2G case – announcing a cut off date of 26 Sep 2007  was a cruel joke. It is like saying we will announce the pass marks of an exam AFTER we see how many people get 35! This was clearly telling the applicants – look 575 of you applied, 122 of you have been nice to us…all of you have happily applied before 26 Sep…so we have chosen 26 Sep…now tell me the REAL price that you are willing to pay!! But hello please pay the price to Mr. Raja, …because we, the Congress, is clean! The history of the government arm twisting, corruption, dumb thinking, lack of clarity, in the telecom industry is so scary that putting money in the infrastructure companies. One has no clue about what is happening in aviation, roads, etc. …

Of course Sibal says…it is the NDA’s fault. Talk of self image! My God P Chidambaram, Man Mohan Singh and Kapil Sibal are really thick……as in skin and as in thieves!!

Mera Bharat Mahan…