He alleged that on January 23, the centre had issued an order for not recovering the dues from telecom companies and “not to take any coercive action”
New Delhi: On Saturday the Congress party lashed out at the Narendra Modi government, accusing it of “benefitting” private players by deferring the recovery of dues after the Supreme Court rapped telecom companies for failing to pay their dues to the Department of Telecommunications despite orders.
Questioning the central government, Congress leader Randeep Surjewala said, “What is the quid pro quo for the BJP led-government in the centre to defer the recovery of dues from telecom companies?”
The Supreme court on Friday directed top executives of telcos to explain why contempt action should not be initiated against them for the non-compliance of its October 2019 order to pay adjusted gross revenue (AGR) of Rs 1.47 lakh crore to Department of Telecommunications.
He alleged that on January 23, the centre had issued an order for not recovering the dues from telecom companies and “not to take any coercive action”.
Surjewala also accused the Modi government of deferring the recovery of Rs 42,000 crore (spectrum auction instalment) from telecom companies in a Union Cabinet decision in November 2019.
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