The Sengupta Committee report says: "We recommend that the Government should consider granting licences to satellite chan-nel operators, domestic and foreign, with uplinking facilities from the Indian soil." The panel recommends that India should follow the example of Singapore, Sri Lanka and Philippines, among other countries, and provide uplink facilities because "the major spin-off from this policy will be generation of substantial revenue". Besides, it would create employment opportunities and give the Indian government regulatory control to "ensure that private operators fall in line with the Prasar Bharati Act". Taken with the Supreme Court ruling that the airwaves belong to the people, not the government, and the recommendations of the parliamentary subcommittee headed by Ram Vilas Paswan, now railway minister, the Sengupta suggestions should not be very difficult to put into practice. But Ibrahim seems to have other ideas: "As long as I am here, no foreign broadcaster will be given uplink facilities." One more query: Is this his personal opinion or is he speaking for the United Front Government?