CHENNAI: AIADMK MPs in both Houses of Parliament will raise the issue of a lull in the 2G investigation against former telecom minister Dayanaidhi Maran among other issues. The Parliament’s monsoon session opens on August 1. Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa chaired a meeting of her party’s MPs on Wednesday and advised them to raise all people-related issues in the session. Dayanidhi Maran resigned from the Union Cabinet on July 7 following allegations by businessman C Sivasankaran that he misused his position as telecom minister from 2004 to 2007. Sivasankaran has told the CBI that this forced him to sell his telecom business.The CBI on July 6 submitted a 71-page status report on its probe to the Supreme Court amid speculation that Maran might face arrest. But there has been a lull in the case against Maran in the past few weeks. Chief Minister Jayalalithaa also urged her party’s MPs to raise issues such as hike in petroleum prices, retrieval of Katchatheevu, Tamil Nadu Assembly’s resolution urging economic sanctions against Sri Lanka over war crimes and other demands of the state pending before the Central government.Jayalalithaa, during her first meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh submitted a memorandum seeking special financial assistance for Tamil Nadu as well as increased allocation for various welfare projects. Most of her demands are still under consideration.
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