By IANS,
New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should sack his Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran if he doesn’t quit over corruption charges, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa said Tuesday.
“I have gone on record saying Maran should step down from his post in the council of ministers. If he fails to do so, the PM should drop him,” she told a news conference here after meeting Manmohan Singh.
Maran has been accused of indirectly benefiting his family’s firm through the allocation of second generation (2G) spectrum when he was telecommunication minister from 2004 to 2007. His successor, A. Raja, is now in prison, also over corruption charges related to 2G.