Nira Radia was not the only high-profile corporate lobbyist allegedly influencing decisions in the power circuit. Investigating agencies on the trail of senior home ministry official Ravi Inder Singh, who is suspected to have leaked sensitive information to corporate houses, have zeroed in on another lobbyist — Deepak Talwar.
Talwar was instrumental in getting all the clearances for telecom company Telecordia from various agencies and departments despite objections on the grounds of security, investigations have revealed. The agencies are probing the lobbyist’s role not only in the Telecordia case but also in a number of other cases in the aviation and other sectors.
Highly-placed sources say that Singh, a West Bengal cadre IAS officer posted as director in the Union home ministry, gave clearance to the telecom company despite objections from intelligence agencies such as IB and RAW as it had operations in Pakistan.
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