All swords are now drawn. After lying low, it seems as if Dayanidhi Maran has braced himself to take on the ruling junta in Chennai. He has written to the Prime Minister asking for a probe into the controversial BSNL tender.
While the incumbent, Telecom Ministier A Raja, has alleged that the tender cleared by his predecessor would have resulted in a loss of Rs 10,000 crores, Maran has said that "a certain NRI businessman with vested interests is trying to stall the tender process so as to facilitate the undue growth of the private sector operators at the cost of BSNL..."
On one hand, what prompted Maran to take up the defiant stand is because he has been given an ultimatum to quit the Lok Sabha seat by 31st July. After which the DMK MPs are bound to demand a CBI probe into the matter. On the other, the DMK is irked by the fact that Maran had provoked the BSNL Union to go on strike and make things uncomfortable to Raja.
While the battle goes on, the unfolding of the drama may throw up a lot of dirt which may provide grist to Jayalalithaa's mill.
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