[icernet] The great Indian television game

[Arul Selvan]

The majority of members of a Parliamentary Standing Committee had wanted 
implementation deferred, and expressed apprehensions over the 
availability and affordability of set-top-boxes (STBs). With one eye on 
the Delhi Assembly elections, representatives of both the Congress and 
the BJP  worried about the possible impact on middle-class voters  had 
come out strongly against CAS. Other parties such as the Shiv Sena 
declared their opposition and the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee's 
remark that CAS should protect consumer interests was interpreted in 
some quarters (mistakenly as it turned out) as a sign that the new 
system didn't even have approval at the very top.


Source:
http://www.hinduonnet.com/2003/06/15/stories/2003061500151400.htm