Radia's PR firm lobbied for Tata Teleservices Ltd: Chandolia

Chandolia, a former private secretary of erstwhile Telecom Minister A Raja, also alleged that prosecution witness Anand Dalal, senior Vice President, Corporate Regulatory Affairs of TTSL, used to discuss "liaison issue" of Department of Telecom (DoT) with Rohit Dubey, then CEO of Vaishnavi Communications.

Dalal, however, denied the allegations saying he used to speak to Dubey only about media related issues.

"I used to speak to Rohit Dubey only about media related issues and not about the problems in DoT. I do not know if Vaishnavi Communications was looking after liaison work of TTSL in the DoT.

"It is wrong to suggest that I used to discuss DoT liaison issues with Rohit Dubey," Dalal told Special CBI Judge O P Saini.

Testifying as a prosecution witness, Dalal said he did not know if TTSL had started the process of preparation of demand draft for deposit of entry fee for three service areas in the first week of January 2008 itself.

He, however, said the demand drafts of Rs nine crore for deposit of entry fee for the three circles were prepared based on media reports on January 9, 2008, a day before DoT issued letter of intents (LoIs) to telecom firms for 2G spectrum.

Dalal said he was not aware if on June 20, 2006, Tata Group had transferred its entire equity in Idea Cellular Ltd to AV Birla Group. (More) PTI ABA RKS

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