| Sarma's last ditch attempt in appealing to the broadcast
regulator to intervene has fallen flat after the Telecom Regulatory
Authority of India (Trai) today said it has no jurisdiction in the
matter.
"I don't think we have powers to do anything in this matter......there
is no legal provision within the country to help us solve this issue,"
the Press Trust of India quoted Trai chairman Pradip Baijal as saying
in New Delhi.
In a letter to Trai dated 13 February, 2004, Prasar Bharati Corporation,
while seeking the regulator's intervention in the matter, had argued
that a public broadcaster cannot be held to "ransom" by
the telecast rights holder over commercial considerations.
"It is our firm view that the rights holders cannot hold us
to ransom by not giving access to terrestrial rights merely on commercial
considerations," Sarma had stated in the letter --- a copy
of which is available with indiantelevision.com --- to Trai chairman
Pradip Baijal.
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