New Delhi: The DMK on Friday denied the charge of arm-twisting the Prime Minister saying that the decision on spectrum pricing was very much the Telecom Minister's prerogative.
After the CNN-IBN expose on how the DMK arm-twisted the Prime Minister - forcing him to keep the spectrum pricing out of the GoM mandate, DMK went on the defensive.
DMK leader TKS Elangovan defended all allegations saying that no one dictated any terms to the Prime Minister.
CNN-IBN accessed a letter written to the PM by DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran - who was the telecom minister in United Progressive Alliance government's first term - demanding that spectrum pricing be kept out of the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGOM).
The EGOM, set up in 2006 under Pranab Mukherjee's leadership, was to look into the controversies around 2G spectrum.
But in the letter written to Prime Minister on February 28, 2006, Maran asked Manmohan Singh not to interfere in determining the pricing of 2G Spectrum.
The Prime Minister's Office was forced to concede to the demand because of consistent pressure from the DMK.
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