Radia tapes controversy

The Radia tapes controversy relates to the taped and released telephonic conversations between Nira (also Niira) Radia, a professional lobbyist and politicians, corporates and industrialists, officials, bureaucrats, aides and journalists that were taped by the Indian Income Tax Department in 2008–09. The tapes led to government and public accusation that these calls evidence the planning of the 2G spectrum scam, along with other criminal activity. Nira Radia runs a public relations firm named Vaishnavi Corporate Communications, and also operates through subsidiaries such as Neucom, Noesis Strategic Consulting Services and Vitcom Consulting,whose clients, among others, include Ratan Tata's Tata Group,Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries and Prannoy Roy's NDTV.