The Radia tapes controversy relates to the taped and released telephonic conversations between Nira (also Niira) Radia, a professional lobbyist[1] and politicians, corporates and industrialists, officials, bureaucrats, aides and journalists[2] 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,[3] whose clients, among others, include Ratan Tata's Tata Group,[4] Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries and Prannoy Roy's NDTV.[5]