New Delhi: Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Monday quit as the head of EGoM on Telecom. Pawar said that allegations against him in the 2G case ill motivated.
"I am stepping down as chairman of 2G EGoM to avoid getting dragged into unnecessary controversy over 2G spectrum allocation," Pawar said.
"The Prime Minister has agreed to relieve me as chairman of EGoM on 2G," Pawar added.
In February 2012, the Supreme Court cancelled 122 2G telecom licences issued during the tenure of former telecom minister A Raja, and asked the government to complete spectrum auction by August 31.
Earlier, Corporate lobbyist Nira Radia has alleged that Pawar and his family are the real faces behind the DB Group and Swan Telecom.
In her confessional statement before CBI's investigating officer on January 25, 2011 Radia said, "As per the general perception in Mumbai as well as outside, DB Realties directly or indirectly is controlled by Sharad Pawar and his family members. Shahid Balwa and Vinod Goenka are key persons in DB Realty."
Sharad Pawar rubbished the allegations, while acknowledging that Vinod Goenka's family is known to him.
With additional information from PTI
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