evidence: Although 22 new bills were planned to be introduced, 23 pending bills passed and three bills withdrawn, Parliament functioned for only nine hours.[248] On 22 February 2011, after resisting opposition demands for over three months, the government announced that it would form a JPC.[249] The JPC criticised the CBI for its leniency to the PM, the Attorney General, Dayanidhi Maran and Chidambaram and its reluctance to investigate their roles on 24 July 2012.[250] After questioning former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran, his brother Kalanithi and the head of Maxis Communications, the CBI alleged that the Maran brothers accrued an illegal ₹ 5.50 billion by the sale of Sun Direct TV shares at highly "inflated prices".[251] [...] - ^ "UPA govt moves SC to restrain Swamy". Hindustan Times. 14 November 2011. Archived from the original on 18 December 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.