The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government is locating itself in a tie with Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi maintaining that every action in opposition to Union telecom minister A Raja is decided only after Tamil Nadu elections are happening early next year. Raja is from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) that is headed by Karunanidhi.

The Centre, on the other side, discovers itself in the Supreme Court’s crosshairs in the 2G spectrum scam, projected at Rs60,000 crore. The court has by now set October 22 as the subsequently date of hearing.

The Centre had now caught up acting in opposition to the minister on the position that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is investigating the substance.

In an strange stride, the CBI request the Supreme Court for 6 more months to accomplish its inquiry into the case. This is possibly the first time that the CBI has still sought 6 months additional in a case that it has been examining for almost a year.