Invoking Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's vision of India as a socialist country, on the occasion of his 114th birth anniversary, Chief Minister of West Bengal, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, questioned the patriotism of the Congress [party] in view of reports of tax evasion to the tune of lakhs of rupees as money is siphoned off to accounts in Swiss banks and the recent 2G spectrum scam, on a day officially observed as Desh Prem Diwas by the West Bengal government.
Prabir Purkayastha in an article originally published in Newsclick nails the dubious defense of the 2G telecom licensing by current telecom minister Kapil Sibal.