How Officials Allegedly Stole Billions in India's Biggest Mobile Network Scam | The Big Steal

On April 2, 2011, 7 steel trucks pulled into one of New Delhi's courts. The trucks contained an 80,000-page long chargesheet drawn up by India’s Central Bureau of Investigation that implicated a cohort of high-ranking ministers, several government officials and the who’s who of India’s business world in one of the biggest ‘ghotala’, or scam, the country had ever seen - the 2G spectrum allocation.
This is the story of how India’s rich and powerful got away with alleged corruption and a criminal conspiracy worth billions.
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[@pranavbalakrishnan2047]

The worst part? These people are still sitting MPs in the government.

[@TheOpposition]

That's because despite promises from BJP, they couldn't do fullproof investigation, and that notional loss theory (Hypothetical losses) doesn't hold water in the eyes of the court of law

[@AnemoiaGuy]

@@TheOpposition how can bjp do a honest Investigation when his friend reliance involved 😂

[@gotfan7743]

@@AnemoiaGuy Don't wear stupidity on your sleeve. How is Reliance involved in 2G scam?

[@HarishKumar-fz3yh]

Reliance group is different from reliance industry

[@looooop5989]

exactly and some rural indian people worship them as gods seriously man "mera desh badal raha he aage bad raha he"

[@VMRDY]

It’s good that Vice is covering this. But for anyone that’s not familiar with the scam, it’s at least a decade old, back when 2g was new, most people don’t even know about 2g it’s that old.

[@VivekKumar-rb7zk]

Maybe this is election effect , why not

[@amoghus]

It's old but people still know about 2g. For example airtel alone has 200+ million 2g subscribers and that's not a small number.

[@manmeetsingh1712]

Need another one about Jio Scam

[@adj33]

@@manmeetsingh1712 What jio scam?

[@EinstienJr]

If he covered from India, Congress will kill him 😂

[@adarshkumar-ln1hm]

A big old 2G scam, one of the reasons why UPA was booted out.

[@Babumoshai..]

2g and coal gate scam

[@ruzansbow3755]

one mistake and they were done. today bigger scams happen but we don't get to know. the bribe A raja took is nothing compared to what BJP big dogs must be taking today

[@MAC-vi7fy]

@@ruzansbow3755 Right. Modi is looting wealth for his children just like Yogi. Shame on them.

[@golukumar-zw3pc]

@@MAC-vi7fy good answer 😎

[@yashvardhanojha6796]

@@MAC-vi7fy yeah, they got some invisible children.

[@preetipatel5512]

If a poor steals bread to eat, he will be leashed 100 times, But If a rich person steals 100 million, he will still be let go as an innocent by very persons who leashed 100 times to a poor person. That is a world we are living in.

[@sam51290]

because setaling 100 million requires to bribe 1000 people, which creates a business

[@roflkohli2853]

The reason India can never prosper is the corrupt socialist bureaucracy. I have some hopes on modi tough.

[@jonathangeorge787]

@@roflkohli2853 yes its the socialist bureaucracy thats the only problem not the corporations and their management who bribe govt officials. The evil government entices the poor industrialist to do naughty things.

[@preetipatel5512]

@@roflkohli2853 no government is clean. Let's say one person with authority has a clean and noble intentions, but we can't trust the 50 people working under him/ her, or 500 people working under those people and more working under those. Corruption will only end if every person look inside them selves and decides not to be corrupt anymore. Or else even if a god descends from above, even god couldn't help us.

[@reynaldobatutomoreno5825]

Same here in my country Philippines powerful one skip mighty teeth of justice

[@yashus7989]

Really amazing to see Filipino covering an Indian scam from Manila.😂 But doesn't matter, well presented.

[@binishthomas2675]

When will we have vice (India) with Indian reporters? Looking forward to it with interest 🙂

[@Gundomdum]

If he was Indian, it wouldnt have been so safe for him

[@ll4680]

A lot Indians in the Philippines

[@rickybeans8878]

@@sbjncn could be worst, like worshipping a guy noone ever met. Baby Jesus was his name I think

[@gokulraj1989]

When idiots are reporters false news is prone to happen.

[@snitox]

My dad was involved in this a long time ago. He talked to management but they just told those ppl to not do it and didn't punish them at all. My dad quit.

[@kamalrajesh2332]

Salute to your Dad. A Real Hero

[@Mashburn007]

Earning through honesty is much underrated , it's perks will never be visible but it's effects are something to live for IMHO

[@rx58000]

Everything will unfold when you'll meet your dads 6th wife

[@jayadhinakaran9455]

True Indian. Salute to your father

[@brucewayne5916]

We need good journalism in India Don't afraid to expose them

[@jr8179]

He's a Filipino journalist

[@danielfernandes2813]

We need good voters.

[@Smbdy_not_significant]

I mean it's an old case....

[@notsmurf8885]

@@danielfernandes2813 Impossible to education 1.3 Billion people

[@flaminmongrel6955]

@@danielfernandes2813 we already have socialist freeboters from last 70 years no matter who sits at the top they all tax us more and more and hand out free stuff to people more and more creative a HUGE red tape to facilitate the process.

[@-realistic-alps]

Raja is still member of indian parliament..such a huge shame on us and we tamilans elected him to there

[@bytpokornykareem8897]

*shame

[@Purple_Neon]

Unmai bro

[@pranayr9284]

It's an "ALLEGED" scam. Apparently a false conspiracy against Congress, claimed by some experts.

[@Purple_Neon]

@@pranayr9284 nope. Daily trials is still going in high court. This case is not over

[@pranayr9284]

@@Purple_Neon Yes exactly. The case is still going on. People are acting as if this is a "proven" crime and H.Raja is a "convicted" criminal.

[@afterthestorm221]

Seven trucks just for your rap sheet that's gangster AF. 💚

[@danielfernandes2813]

You can start being gangsta when you have a taxable income. I don't wanna be paying taxes which will end up.in scams.

[@harsh8899]

@@danielfernandes2813 You and everyone else in the country pays taxes. Even a person who buys a toffee pays taxes, and so does the richest man in the country.

[@danielfernandes2813]

@@harsh8899 talking about income tax. Only 3% of India's population pays income tax. Gst is different.

[@arghya4NE]

@@danielfernandes2813 yes because poor is too poor to apparently pay taxes and the rich know how to make the income disappear through loopholes The middle class is doing enough ..don't push us further if you want to avoid slaughtering of the poor and the rich

[@soup_bois]

127 trucks for Subrata Roy was more epic.

[@flaminmongrel6955]

perks of a soviet socialist styled bureaucracy.

[@anhbinhle2727]

Hey Vietnam telecom is one of the best in Asia >: ( Dont assume like that!

[@dhandanakasinu8420]

@@anhbinhle2727 Anyone with power can become corruptible regardless of political party. Even socialists.

[@binishthomas2675]

Indian bureaucracy is kinda mix of British civil service with a bit of Soviet socialism. Like 'yes minister'

[@flaminmongrel6955]

@@binishthomas2675 I did make a statement about the supremacy of the IAS and how their work culture is more or less socialist but it was deleted either by KZbin or the channel.

[@epicurusepicurus]

@@anhbinhle2727 why is it so susceptible to "shark" attacks though

[@adityaXsingh]

If 2G was rolled out properly and fairly it would have given a huge boost to Indian Economy. Until Jio came the internet was a luxury costing Rs 150-200/GB 2G to Rs250-350/GB in 3G connections.

[@ragavanrengaraj9728]

so you mean to say with 2g service you can get very good data connectivity .... so it is useless to go for 4g and 5g if 2g was rolled properly... ohh god please save science/Techinolgy from this type of gobar brainy ppl and they will take care of cow science.....

[@ojasaklecha]

Do about Chara Ghotala 😂😂 It will gonna be super funny

[@saptarshichatterjee36]

The day lalu went to jail was the best thing ever.

[@EragonShadowSlasher]

@@saptarshichatterjee36 he got just now.

[@vrusahabhshirote5288]

Ojas Aklecha bro come to Maharashtra you will know about kadaknath kombdi Ghotala 😂😂

[@why-pu6on]

@@vrusahabhshirote5288 wo konsa ghotala hai bhi ?😅

[@why-pu6on]

@Raj Mukherjee Gamer bi mai chara ghotala ke bare me jaanta hu mai to Maharashtra ka kadaknath kombdi ghotala ke bare me puch RHA hu

[@meawwow]

Coal block allocation scam too Good old UPA days❤️

[@arifahmedkhan9999]

Can't say I am surprised, growing up in India you get to see how such people get away without consequences.

[@udayjus4us]

As an Indian, I felt dejected when court acquitted all the looters..Judiciary needs reforms too as most of the lower level judges could be corrupt as well

[@exponentialcomplexity3051]

It's not a judiciary problem. Judiciary is meant to interpret laws. The laws regarding procurement at the time the scams took place were very poor. The modern anti corruption regulations regarding tenders and procurements were not there at the time. So even though it was clearly visible that a large scam had taken place, you can't charge them because they were very careful and didn't do anything illegal in which they might be caught.

[@abseiduk]

I dont see Indian news channels talking about this

[@midorimashintaro2092]

@@abseiduk scam happened in 2008, they were talking about it then

[@aastikmalviya9108]

judge has noted it is cbi(ur beloved modi govt) that could not furnish one single evidence to prove anything. obviously cbi couldn't bcoz Reliance is one giving bribes. What a joke on Indians

[@krishnasanyal7]

@@abseiduk I mean we are quick to forget TBH

[@chidambaramramesh7638]

News : 2g scam is the biggest india has seen... Suresh Kalmadi: hold my beer

[@oliverqueen5095]

Just think about your first name

[@rv3330]

It's India's biggest scam care to comment Sir (Asusual) Manmohan Singh : No thankyou 😂😂😂

[@user-gf5dr5nq6l]

factually incorrect, it was Saradha Group financial Scam (2013)

[@rv3330]

@@user-gf5dr5nq6l ohh really please quote the figure then

[@atriacharya2967]

@@rv3330 20000 crores in Saradha Scam

[@allwellbud]

@@user-gf5dr5nq6l Chitfund wala? Illegal mining of Radioactive materials is not much probed. Two men were caught in Kolkata with 4000Cr worth of Radioactive material.

[@MegaRazzzz]

Bitch please.. India's biggest scam is still ongoing and it's called "Electoral Bonds". Its total proportion cannot be even imagined until this party is in power. Maybe a decade or two down the line we'll know how much money BJP made by making corruption legal.

[@priyvratmourya1454]

When the CBI raids were still going, there was an article About a minister(telecom related, I don't remember who), while the whole India was paying ₹300-500 a month for 3G, He had the best broadband connection with best hardware (costliest available) all out of public. money.

[@shivash1070]

That's Dhayanadhi Maran then former telecom minister he ran high speed powerful optical broadband cables to his home and his brothers Tv channel company Suntv

[@priyalpatel4250]

The reason....last government lost to modi....good old 2g scam🥳🥳🥳🥳

[@Anuj10_01]

Also CWG scam, coal allocation scam etc

[@pranayr9284]

Pegasus, Rafale, Vyapam... etc too.

[@IndianRepublic_1947]

@@pranayr9284 Pagasus aint a scam smh

[@pranayr9284]

@@IndianRepublic_1947 Ya, but you get the issue right?

[@ST0ICSAGE]

India jumped from frying pan to fire

[@johnswanson217]

Being an Indian citizen seems like being a U.S. citizen with hard mode on

[@srijo8627]

I have friends who grew up here and moved to the US, trust me the US is WAY better and it's really nothing like living in India.

[@chosenone7330]

@@srijo8627 us got independence WAY before india. If scamgress party had invested in infrastructure and research a little bit like the present govt indias image would have been WAYYY better

[@srijo8627]

@@chosenone7330 Yeah license raj and all the stupid shit

[@EinstienJr]

No. Both have + and -. Health care is cheap. Labour is cheap. Food is cheap.

[@Shubham_Bahirat]

@@srijo8627 scum bag it's your responsibility as citizens of india to make our country better place not to humiliate it. If you don't like in here then run away to us and be prepared to hear racist taunts.

[@indrajeet5000]

6:43 - Antonia Maino doesnt like being near you.

[@stevenhudson6354]

Success is not built on success. It's built on failure, It's built on fraustration. it's built on fear that you have to overcome. I pray that anyone who reads this will be successful in life

[@rebeccagilbert7691]

@Carl Garza O' Yes I'm a living testimony of Mrs Victoria Alejandro

[@rebeccagilbert7691]

Victoria has changed my financial status for the best.!

[@rebeccagilbert7691]

All thanks to my aunty who introduced her to me.!

[@imogenthompson1338]

She's not like other brokers that will start telling you stories and excuses why they trade didn't go well after collecting your money

[@sebastianlewis9074]

@@imogenthompson1338 A friend that I referred to her just received €61,050 profit after 6days of investing..... I became jealous.. Lol.

[@akbrahma7739]

The amount of money scammed is equivalent to the total infrastructure investment of the CPEC in Pakistan for the OBOR project.

[@akarshsharma1266]

CPEC is a scam too , the loans are on a high interest rate with all people and materials from China . The only way pakistan can pay it back is if somehow the gwadar port and the infrastructure leads to sudden growth to let them pay back. Sad because infrastructure projects is the easiest way to stimulate growth and industry in a country but pakistan buys Chinese industry produced goods via chinese loans

[@ashutoshrai3369]

@@akarshsharma1266 They are soon going to go bankrupt under the weight of Debt 😁 Good thing for us USSR like fall incoming

[@akarshsharma1266]

@@ashutoshrai3369 probably not , pakistan creates terrorists and gets money to manage them from others so they don't go outta control. They'll get more , india has to take back pok without being afraid of a small country like pak

[@VENKATESH1095]

This is goon, hatred government currently ruling Tamilnadu states 200rs UPs 🤣🤣

[@muj970]

Here comes the 5rs sangis

[@slayer6078]

@@muj970 Narrated by Filipino sangi 😂😁

[@slayer6078]

@Antonio Luna dude relax ,I was being sarcastic.

[@sasmalprasanjit2764]

@Antonio Luna dude, they are sarcastic 🙃

[@shantanuchaudhary285]

India's judiciary has never been able to withhold the interests of public or deliver a landmark judgement, Not only the judgement takes decades to arrive, but by then evidences, witnesses also begins to fade out.

[@tomcvm]

Sad story, I worked in telecom network, actually when 3 G auctions happen a lot of telecom players in India , whole story disappears when 4 G auctions came and govt got total 20000 crores , when the 3g. auction completed that was over 1 lakh crores thaths why they 2g also had same valuvation

[@FallenDriver]

This comment section is more of a battlefield, truly. But you have to admit these guys are very efficiently milking this cow, the largest polarized audience in the world, report a sub judice case and people from both sides would come rushing to argue on behalf of their beloved leaders. 😂

[@ChoCoMoCo69]

Yehh I M just Waiting for the CoalGate Scam. 😁😁

[@shashank8725]

This is the reason why foreign business are reluctant to invest in India. The telecom companies lost all the money and the politicians are now free with all the dollars in benami accounts. And one will not invest if these people are still in charge cz wat happened once can happen again.

[@SamRichardson1990]

Foreign business cannot invest in india because of GST and Taxes.

[@BharatkaEkBeta]

@@SamRichardson1990 BS. Foreign Business are investing in record numbers. GST and taxes are the reason why. It’s a transparent and honest taxation system. Stop spreading lies.

[@BharatkaEkBeta]

Shashank, Then tell me why is there such a huge inflow of FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) into Bharat?? Stop quoting leftist liberandu sites like NDTV, Quint or the Wire. Since the BJP/NDA government has come to power in 2014 corruption in BJP states has completely disappeared. It’s only in states like Waste Bengal, Kerala, Punjab where corruption still exists.

[@SamRichardson1990]

@@BharatkaEkBeta no

[@binarytv2904]

We Indians deserve all these. We are a democracy which means we all have a fiduciary responsibility when electing leaders and we must be educated and aware of the workings of our country, right from panchayath. Instead all we care about is movies, celebrities, sports, tiktok etc......we deserve all these.

[@sabari_sk]

Sad reality 😑

[@shantanuchaudhary285]

When you elect somebody, You can only see what's available in public domain and based on that, you vote, There's no way you could tell whether some minister is going to turn out that way. Best you could do is you can vote for somebody who has held an important position in past and worked diligently. Also, Just because we are a democratic nation doesn't mean other constitutional bodies can be negligent in their work, Even Judiciary is incompetent.

[@rutvikrs]

Why are you so harsh on your own? How many third world countries have functioning democracies?

[@diigitalname6582]

"sare jahan se acha" - means, - "Our country is the greatest among all other nations!"

[@chrissmith3587]

@@rutvikrs that people are harsh is when a democracy thrives, Indian nationalists allow these men to keep stealing as long as they claim to love India Same as how trump riled up nationalism while literally trying to do a coup Or how putin riled up nationalism and invaded Ukraine for Russia, while robbing Russia blind

[@gopinath_ravi]

And people again voted for him and he won the elections. Now he is an MP :) North south divide, hindi tamil divide, caste divide, religion divide. Politicians know how to garner votes even after such a big scam.

[@ashishkumarsahoo4604]

@ICameFromAsia Woah..great explanation!!

[@ChoCoMoCo69]

@Peace Activist that's the scam thy overvalued it. And it's still over valued that's why telecom companies asks govt to lower the price of spectrums but thy can't do cuz if thy do that thy will be charged for scam like 2g. And the compenies who buys Spectrums thy have to earn profit by increasing the price of their services.

[@ChoCoMoCo69]

And if anyone tries to unite them in the name of Nation thy will be charged with the term Nationalists.

[@Dineshs-qp6et]

Vro if u have proof submit and proceed court itself dissolved the case full comment section is blabbering and Raja itself calling everyone to prove he is guilty

[@Dineshs-qp6et]

Vro if u have proof submit and proceed court itself dissolved the case full comment section is blabbering and Raja itself calling everyone to prove he is guilty

[@TheLastAlexander]

The lengths people will go to take from each other but not put back is Insane

[@MrBlazemaster525]

Greed is universal

[@simsnyandeni3828]

I’m sure this case will come back to court. You never just get away with things like this. It’s pretty obvious that the judges were also bribed

[@rodrozil6544]

Or mugged

[@anoopbharat20]

When 4G testing started we got 2G.This was a step backwards towards the development of nation.

[@MrBazukaz]

Sadly these kinda stuff still happens,no government work in India is done without politicians or middlemen taking some form of commission

[@sidmallya7421]

Name a scam under modiji?

[@logarajans7996]

During 8 years of case CBI under BJP failed to prove one evidence before the court. Then whom to blame?

[@sidmallya7421]

Blame BJP for DMK and congress scams

[@marshalLannes1769]

Judges rarely send politically powerful people to jail no matter the evidence. There is a whole ecosystem between politicians and judiciary.

[@sss-kd9md]

Yup, let's blame the police for not able to punish the thief.

[@aenorist2431]

And every single one that you don't execute is going to spawn a dozen imitators.

[@allwellbud]

Very apt 👌🏼

[@chiragbansal7786]

This is a very rudimentary understanding of the matter. Even the number drawn up is imaginary and has no real indicator of where the supposed value of the "stolen" asset was drawn from.

[@seenidev]

This should also be in Bloomberg Stories and CNBC stories.

[@bragadeeshkumaran194]

Well, I think you people forgot that he was approved as NOT GUILTY by the supreme court.

[@BharatkaEkBeta]

Well then the Supreme Court judges are just as corrupt.

[@sherifparid1892]

Man that amount is not looted by them, it's like the amount that would've been acquired by the state if they hadn't sold the spectrum at cheaper price. The spectrum prices in india are still unimaginably high, i don't know why. And spectrum sale happens more or less on similar lines still.

[@Satu_Supari]

It doesn't. There is bidding.

[@sherifparid1892]

Yes it does, if you look close at the bidding, merely the process has changed but the result is just the same.

[@Satu_Supari]

@@sherifparid1892 No result is not the same. Don't say anything without proof. Just look at 5g spectrum bid, highest in world but companies still paying that amount. Not everyone is corrupt like Congress coalition government.

[@SandeepPal-iu7fk]

@@Satu_Supari india defense budget for the year 2010 -11 was 1.43 lakh crore how could airwaves (spectrum)of limited bandwidth be worth more than defence budget of the nation,which itself was over 2% of our complete gdp of that fy.if spectrum is really this lucrative and expensive we shd hv auctions every yr to increase our gdp growth rates. after all ur selling licencse t use air for radio communication that t for some select bandwidths . the notional loss figure was ludicrous.sure there was notional loss and irregularities still not the 1.76 lakh crore that media and opposition propagated.

[@flaminmongrel6955]

@@SandeepPal-iu7fk the figures can be disputed but the scam can't be that's the point of a scam like that where you cannot be sure how big it was it sure wouldn't be risked for few pennies by the politicians whatever it was it must an amount big enough to bribe many from bureaucracy to politicians.

[@debojitrabha2502]

Ahh good old day. Waiting 2 hour to download an mp3 and smoking half a pack.

[@vasugarg863]

0:32 This number is just highly inflated expectations that state may have got that amount.

[@bangtongkat6821]

nice grammar bro

[@joebanana8006]

I mean if you add interest rate/opportunity cost and inflation it can be 24 billion or more

[@manutsavsorot4768]

As bad as the BJP might be, never forget the obscene and shameful corruption and betrayal of the Congress and the inflicted financial misery people are still dealing with

[@gobimurugesan2411]

Not single scam is proved till now...lol

[@manutsavsorot4768]

@@gobimurugesan2411 lol okay

[@gobimurugesan2411]

@@manutsavsorot4768 this government is incompetent.

[@blahblahshutup6024]

@@gobimurugesan2411 yeah exactly but y'all still hold modi responsible for the gujrat riots so.......

[@nihleigleca6702]

@@blahblahshutup6024 Whataboutist out working again ☻

[@harishpininti]

Its just common for Congress.

[@benjaminkhuptong]

How can we ever forget the name A Raja.... and Kanimozhi as well...

[@kamalrajesh2332]

Fun Fact: A Rasa and DMK got relected.

[@Purple_Neon]

Aama bro😏

[@niranjansrinivasan4042]

@@Purple_Neon makkal mutta payaluga

[@Purple_Neon]

@@niranjansrinivasan4042 aama bro

[@gobimurugesan2411]

Dai intha case la irunthu Rasa veliya vanthu 6 varusham achu...🤦.

[@Purple_Neon]

@@gobimurugesan2411 yaaru da unnaku sonna. Innum daily trial high court la nadakuthu

[@narendranv5932]

Indian court after years of trial and actually reading the 80000-page charge sheet - "There is no evidence of a scam here" Vice Asia - "We read news articles that said scam happened, so scam happened" So many factual inaccuracies in the video with a complete lack of knowledge about the issue. For example, the Exchequer didn't release the report. It was the CAG, an independent auditor for the federal government, who estimated the potential loss using a method that has been rejected by the courts.

[@MrR0b0t]

What else do you expect from Vice? They didn't even used the word 'Alleged Scam" even once. This is called media trial my brother. Can be seen in India media too these days.

[@kumarj4693]

That there was corruption and that government officials, brokers and private individuals illicitly gained money from the 2G fiasco, is undeniable. Corruption is corruption, like stealing. Be it Rs.1 or Rs. 1000 crore, they stole money. So stop being an apologist for the richest and corrupt among us by saying they stole but not in billions of dollars but in billion of rupees.

[@rithvikchaitanya5607]

the hell no one in indian news media has covered this much details thanks vice....shame on my country's government.

[@BharatkaEkBeta]

Well shame on the UPA/Congress government to be more precise.

[@firepower432]

I really wish the CBI was independent like the Election Commission of India

[@BharatkaEkBeta]

It is independent unless you’re a liberandu who thinks being corrupt is ok and likes to follow appeasement politics, cough cough like Congress or AAP.

[@thesaint8022]

@@BharatkaEkBeta bhakt spotted 😂😘

[@95vinoth]

Example of flaw/inefficiency of Indian justice system.

[@samuelsudhir8002]

The funny thing is the all the accused have been acquitted ! he he, so where did all the money go. It was a propaganda ? The ruling and opposition protecting each other ? we may never know lol. That's the Indian Justice System.

[@imretardedbut7572]

That's not "indian justice system" that's called Soviet socialism

[@MrR0b0t]

How come The vice knows better than the Courts? What expertise they have in providing judgement? Did they read the whole 80,000 pages of charge-sheet? They didn't even used the word 'Alleged Scam" even once. This is called media trial. Can be seen in Indian media too these days.

[@seventhuser904]

They act like they are GODS who know everything.. Same traits can be found in Far left and far Right.

[@sharabeshj1177]

ya but if vice makes a video about right wing , ur voice would be different i suppose

[@namrithamaniyodath2877]

I was curious about this scam. Thanks Vice ! Atom, you have eloquently explained it! Your new fan 😎

[@akshatsharma6172]

The fact that since BJP came to power these types of scams have gone down considerably in itself says a lot about UPA and NDA. Hail India, Hail Modi🕉🚩🇮🇳

[@mayankgalav]

Nobody will say that also terrorist attacks have become a thing of the past , but kuch kutton ko ghee hazam nh hota or wo secularism ka rona rone lgte hai.

[@akshatsharma6172]

@@mayankgalav bhai tu mere sath hai mere khilaf?

[@MASBRICKS]

Have u ever heard about gst scam?

[@patil6330]

And none of these scams were proved in court🤣 Also what about black money

[@patil6330]

@@mayankgalav china occupied our finger 8 land in galwan in 2020 also built a city in arunchal pradesh

[@hokavistark7671]

2G scam is the biggest in India Modi: Hold my tea Kettle

[@jujijiju6929]

That 1.76 Lakh Crore number is kinda suspect. CAG took all kinds of liberties and projecting that number.

[@vikash3589]

Just an another proud moments for Indians. Btw, Indian deserve these kind of politicians/bureaucrats/systems.

[@DearTech]

He has scammed doesn't mean all entrepreneurs are scammers - just for the knowledge of some over-smart people who keep promoting negativity against entrepreneurs. I wonder why there are not enough videos on successful entrepreneurs.

[@mallah1414]

VICE's research is really pathetic about the topic. VICE should do some work to get to know the Government of India's policy under which these allocation were made prior to these so called "SCAMS'. Natural resources were always allotted by the government by criteria's laid down by respective expert committee or ministry. The then P.M. Manmohan Singh was of the view that resources should be auctioned but the policy had been accepted by every successive government. A sudden change of policy can't be done in Indian political system until a consensus is reached across most of the parties.

[@nitinthakur6569]

But that's the thing right, A consensus cant be reached when Hamam Mein Sbhi Nange Ho.

[@masterhind2036]

When you don't have anything recent to slander India on, you pick something that happened 10 years ago... never change, Vice, never change.

[@Maverick-bd7wl]

Lol yeah. Vice had orgasms when pandemic rattled our country. They are so self exposing.

[@lioness5838]

2g scam is a living proof of Congress's treachery. I am glad as an Indian that they r covering it.

[@masterhind2036]

@@lioness5838 Yes, but the timing they are covering it is problematic. People who don't have the background knowledge about this scam will just watch this video and relate this to modern India. That's what the Vice actually wants to do.

[@chosenone7330]

@@Maverick-bd7wl not just vice. BBC, aljazeera and all those. BBC was putting out 5/6 videos a day about india

[@godhama]

0:31 It's 24 trillion with a T...

[@dr.vivekkadam713]

Perfect.... One of the scams.... Out of 1.7 lakh crore other scams..! Thank you.!

[@dustindcosta]

To become powerful you gotta stop thinking like an employee. Nice video, cheers.

[@roastingmemes7526]

Well done! This was briliantly covered.

[@Adaptadjust07]

Spectrum are free resources (in simple term) right???? How does it affect tax payers money.???

[@exponentialcomplexity3051]

By that logic literally everything is free.

[@zelinskyn9003]

Funny… how in India while preparing for civil service we sometimes do come familiar with the term, “ CBI is a caged parrot” means central government holds the parrot. & You never know when the master of the cage change and dictate the story.

[@kb-mm3ll]

Dude basic research would have told you that A.Raja was not the leader of the party. Like please do your due diligence.

[@bevarena6269]

Then please you do the video.. and lets see how many people want to see you

[@randomkness5173]

*Wow Atom Araullo presented really well this story✨*

[@Druxas]

The CAG indicated that 24 billion dollars revenue could have been generated following an auction but in the reality the latest 4g auction didn't even fetch half of that amount. The court found the value of loss was exaggerated

[@dranzergigs8333]

the news of acquittal was completely suppressed

[@boomborgoyari5781]

India's network are 1G behind even though they are named such as 4g. we get 3g speeds in 4g and 2g speeds in 3g. If this is not scam then i don't know what is.

[@saptarshichatterjee36]

Idk what you're talking about even almost bankrupt Vodafone Idea gives 4G speed of 40-50mbps

[@mr.k4530]

@@saptarshichatterjee36 bro in the village where I am living My phone supports 4g+ and gives 5-8 mbps

[@BranceARemoteJobCompany]

In india everything can be settled , if have money 🤑 The more you have the more you can make by paying some benifits to Decision maker's in the system

[@spectre3954]

VICE has chosen a great place to shoot the documentary...Mumbai seaside with the skyscrapers in the distant...

[@kenmendoza7774]

Atom looks like he's 22 for 2 decades now

[@minto2549]

He could easily pass off as an actor or a model.

[@paramsharma6918]

These type of videos should be uploaded

[@Amit-qn4oi]

That's why Congress kickout from power.. thankyou mounmohan jee

[@RomitDholakia5]

Thats Indian judiciary in 7mins.

[@dhananjaykrishna2377]

Raja is going places..

[@MrQuickPro]

glad this guy didnt wait for 4g 😂

[@imretardedbut7572]

Bruh if this keeps up, their entire series will be full of cases from India under UPA government lmfao

[@RajYadav-yi8fr]

Ahahahaha

[@tajtahmeena8635]

The biggest one would be the rafale scam as none the upa scams involved the prime minister himself.

[@imretardedbut7572]

@@tajtahmeena8635 damn, they should airstrike your house with a Rafael, that'll prove that the jet is real and usefull

[@dhatrishdixit6004]

@@tajtahmeena8635 source - believe me bro Even supreme court called raga childish & told him it will damage his credentials ( which i dont think are any ) , over rafale case

[@tajtahmeena8635]

@@dhatrishdixit6004 ex-French president himself said Modi government pushed them to partner with Anil ambanis reliance. Now why would Hollande lie.

[@ayushapoorva]

It's more like opportunity cost lost than actually stealing money, all fault of poor economic policy and controlling things in Soviet era style economic policy.

[@harrisiskandar8356]

It's easier to catch a infamous criminals than a rich elites.

[@Sam-dl5mc]

The court has declared there is no scam but yet you mislead the public and declare A Raja guilty. Wow how one-sided can you report

[@creepinglimongrass3276]

Thats Philippine media 101

[@tandraarisandi6680]

The power of connection

[@anirudhnarayanamoorthy761]

Still Raja and the DMK keep winning :) Tamilians should shift their focus from useless things like the anti-Hindi sentiment and choose their leaders wisely

[@gobimurugesan2411]

Lol he is not guilty. Go and cry somewhere else.

[@AlokKumar-nt2uk]

@@gobimurugesan2411 yes yes you rawa dosa

[@def787]

@@AlokKumar-nt2uk seri da panipuri thuma baadu.

[@zangetsu949]

@@gobimurugesan2411 would a person who cares about the nation talk about breaking it ? They should stop any new company from investing in your state then we will see what happens.

[@gobimurugesan2411]

@@zangetsu949 Y did Bangladesh divided from Pakistan?

[@Sanatani_adiyogi]

Imagine typing 8000 pages charge sheet

[@civinbab]

India lost hope in INC in 2014 and now they lost hope in BJP Oh boy tables have turned!!!!!

[@lonapriyadharshan3957]

Turned are the tables bro

[@civinbab]

@@lonapriyadharshan3957 🤷

[@Satu_Supari]

BJP will remain in power atleast as long as Modi is running for PM, and that's in best interest for India.

[@deepalil1085]

No strong opposition.

[@hyperzen404]

BJP popularity is bit down because of Covid, once the vaccination is over, economy is back, BJP will still be the powerful single largest party in INDIA....

[@acute3230]

I want to know where these boxes of chargesheet are probably rotting. 😂

[@Abhi6x9]

It's a decade old story

[@GautamChauhan]

Happy to see it being covered.

[@chosenone7330]

What is the opposite of progress?? Congress

[@chosenone7330]

Scamgress 😅

[@chosenone7330]

@KhartikeyenSath 😳😳😂

[@ichigok7314]

@@chosenone7330 ohh come on without pv narshima rao india wouldn't be at this position

[@chosenone7330]

@@ichigok7314 even though he was good, just one minister alone can't do anything. Not to mention he was the most hated among the party for not following all the nehruism and stuff.

[@ichigok7314]

@@chosenone7330 it's much more than nehuruism, it's extreme socialism

[@ragnar2721]

Ah! The good old UPA days! 🙃

[@boburdz2020]

Well if this alleged statements were true then shame on those indian officials while the country is suffering. Shame on them

[@rafreyes1190]

😣

[@doctorgamez2410]

Bruh this happened year ago lol

[@boburdz2020]

@@doctorgamez2410 And? Something wrong?

[@doctorgamez2410]

@@boburdz2020 Nah just the country suffering thing didn’t make sense. COVID wasn’t here at the time lol

[@boburdz2020]

@@doctorgamez2410 Im not just referring to covid dude. Your being too narrow minded.

[@yashvardhanojha6796]

But yeah, Modi govt with 0 corruption charges is a fascist govt and we should vote them out.

[@Viper60589]

The ones who say that don't even know the meaning of Fascism. Pseudo-intellectual liberandu bullshit

[@karthikravichandran4]

Zero corruption allegations? Seriously? I hate both major parties equally. Both equally corrupt.

[@vladimirputin583]

Butthurt lol

[@n1kunj]

@@karthikravichandran4 lmao nice joke

[@karthikravichandran4]

@@n1kunj Not a joke. The high command of both political parties is a bunch of corrupt assholes. The Gandhis' lust for power is too great for them to step aside while this government has essentially legalized corruption with the electoral bonds system. The two parties have managed to divide us so much that a harmless polite comment is met with 'butthurt' and 'liberandu' comments lmao

[@RajA-0202]

F***ing Araja is spoiling my name.

[@MrAAMNNITAllahabad]

These corrupt should be exposed globally! Long Live Vice. Long Live Democracy.

[@qwill8254]

Had the spectrum been sold at market price, india would have had one of highest data rates in the world .. ... No one understands the benefits of cheap communication services to the entire country ..... Yes , indeed ... No scam at all ... - delhi ncr

[@vkAwesomee]

you must be a fool

[@qwill8254]

@@vkAwesomee and you must that ass-hole genius who knows everything

[@statisticssirppn3699]

And that's how you justify corruption, you liberandu. The 4g spectrum was also sold at market price, but now 4g is ten times cheaper than 2g at that time was, moreover the 4g spectrum was more expensive than 2g one.

[@k2119r]

Data rates for 4G are way cheaper than what 2G was. DMK is thief party involved in multiple scams

[@qwill8254]

@@k2119r data rates where cheaper , because we already had the infrastructure and the companies are still struggling to pay off spectrum debt ....

[@indrajeet5000]

This was good. Vice should expose these scammers who defrauded the Indian public.

[@jai9952]

Irony is Raja is a sitting MP now and the political party he belongs to is ruling in the state of Tamil Nadu with a high majority. 😐 Not to forget all the convicts are acquitted of all charges and are breathing fresh air now.

[@ashishgoswami6303]

Just to bring value of 24 billion dollars in perspective, our annual defence budget is around 50 billions for the whole country . These few individuals stole half of that, just think how enormous that is .