Pranab meets PM in New York-2G
Pranab meets PM in New York
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday met Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in New York against the backdrop of a note by his ministry on 2G spectrum allocation. Mr. Mukherjee, who was in Washington for IMF and World Bank meetings, had to advance his departure the city for the unscheduled meeting with Dr.Singh.
The note, prepared by a Finance Ministry official, had suggested that the 2G scam could have been averted had the Finance Ministry then headed by Chidambaram insisted on the auction route instead of2001price for allotment of spectrum.
Earlier, talking about his meeting with Mr. Mukherjee, Dr. Singh had said that Mr. Mukherjee would be briefing him on global economic crisis discussions at the IMF-World Bank meeting.
On Thursday, the Prime Minister had fully backed Chidambaram and ruled out any infighting among the ministers.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday met Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in New York against the backdrop of a note by his ministry on 2G spectrum allocation. Mr. Mukherjee, who was in Washington for IMF and World Bank meetings, had to advance his departure the city for the unscheduled meeting with Dr.Singh.
The note, prepared by a Finance Ministry official, had suggested that the 2G scam could have been averted had the Finance Ministry then headed by Chidambaram insisted on the auction route instead of2001price for allotment of spectrum.
Earlier, talking about his meeting with Mr. Mukherjee, Dr. Singh had said that Mr. Mukherjee would be briefing him on global economic crisis discussions at the IMF-World Bank meeting.
On Thursday, the Prime Minister had fully backed Chidambaram and ruled out any infighting among the ministers.
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