P Chidambaram be made accused in 2G case: Swamy said there are enough proof to nail P Chidambaram.
Janata Party Chief Subramanian Swamy today told a Delhi court that Union Home Minister P Chidambaram should be made an accused in the 2G case as he had jointly taken the decision of spectrum prices with former Telecom Minister A Raja. Both A Raja and the then FM P Chidambaran had various meeting on this issue HM P Chidambaran to be made co-accused in 2 G case.
Testifying as a witness in support of his private complaint seeking prosecution of Mr. Chidambaram, Mr. Swamy said former telecom minister Mr. A Raja could not be held guilty alone of the charges that he fixed the price of spectrum licence in 2008 at the prevailing rates of 2001.Mr. Swamy told Special CBI Judge O. P. Saini that as per a 2003 Cabinet decision, Mr. Raja and Mr. Chidambaram (the later was the then Finance Minister) were empowered to determine the spectrum price jointly.
The court had on December 8 allowed Mr. Swamy to testify himself in support of his private complaint seeking Mr. Chidambaram's prosecution in the case
Janata Party Chief Subramanian Swamy today told a Delhi court that Union Home Minister P Chidambaram should be made an accused in the 2G case as he had jointly taken the decision of spectrum prices with former Telecom Minister A Raja. Both A Raja and the then FM P Chidambaran had various meeting on this issue HM P Chidambaran to be made co-accused in 2 G case.
Testifying as a witness in support of his private complaint seeking prosecution of Mr. Chidambaram, Mr. Swamy said former telecom minister Mr. A Raja could not be held guilty alone of the charges that he fixed the price of spectrum licence in 2008 at the prevailing rates of 2001.Mr. Swamy told Special CBI Judge O. P. Saini that as per a 2003 Cabinet decision, Mr. Raja and Mr. Chidambaram (the later was the then Finance Minister) were empowered to determine the spectrum price jointly.
"Raja
could not be guilty of this (fixing the rate of spectrum charges at
nominal price fixed in 2001) charge alone but he committed this offence
with the active connivance of P Chidambaram," Swamy told Special CBI
Judge O P Saini.
He
said that as per a 2003 cabinet decision, Raja and Chidambaram, who was
the then Finance Minister, were empowered to determine the spectrum
price jointly.
Swamy said that the Prime Minister, in his statement made on the floor of Rajya Sabha on 24th
February, 2011, had said that pricing of spectrum was taken on the
basis of a cabinet decision of 2003 which specifically said that the
issue would be determined by the Ministry of Finance and Department of
Telecommunication.
The court had on December 8 allowed Mr. Swamy to testify himself in support of his private complaint seeking Mr. Chidambaram's prosecution in the case
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