Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal has said the government is likely to make some major revelations on the 2G spectrum allocation scam in a few days. He said this will bring the truth before the people. The minister told reporters last evening that the announcement will cover the gamut of issues including issuance of licences and allocation of spectrum during 2001-2009 .Mr. Sibal added that the government had already taken corrective measures, which would otherwise have taken several months through the process of a Joint Parliamentary Committee. A CBI probe had been ordered, notices sent to telecom companies, and the government had already collected 93 crore rupees from new telecom operators for missing the network rollout deadline, out of a total of 219 crore rupees which is due.

Taking on the BJP for insisting on a JPC probe, the Minister said the demand is absurd and pointed out that the government had given the party several alternatives to end the impasse that resulted in the washout of the winter session of Parliament. The minister added that the government is ready for a special session of Parliament, debate in the House to get a sense of the members on the JPC, and even letting investigating agencies work along with the Public Accounts Committee.

Earlier he released a new page on the Human Resource Development Ministry website dedicated to non-resident Indians and Persons of Indian Origin to mark the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas.