MPs Use Parliament To Lobby For Their Business

Ramesh was articulating what some argue is a deep seated malaise. The most obvious case of conflict of interest is Dayanidhi Maran. He lorded over the telecom ministry despite the fact his family controls the second biggest media conglomerate - Sun Network.

Maran for example was part of the cabinet meet that deliberated on the Headend-in-the-Sky (HITS), an alternate technology to Direct to Home (DTH) which the Marans' Sun Direct provides.

Sharad Pawar, another key minister in the Manmohan Singh Cabinet, has interests in the sugar business. He holds the agriculture portfolio that is the nodal ministry for sugar policy. Read the full report here.

Source: Smitha Nair, CNN-IBN, New Delhi.