FACT: Transactions made in the allocation of 2G spectrum were known to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the then finance minister P. Chidambaram, former communications minister A. Raja alleged on Monday. "If they had done no wrong, why am I being questioned? Let them deny that they had not done what I did. I was just following the 2003 cabinet decision that is not to auction 2G spectrum. If I am following the law, I am not liable to be prosecuted. Infact, I should be rewarded," said Raja. It cannot be denied that the matter (about sale of equity by spectrum licencees) was discussed between the prime minister and the then finance minister,
On answering the press on 2g-scam issue the home minister P Chidambaram on Monday said that there are nine documented cases involving right-wing terror groups making bombs and killing people and BJP is targeting selective ministers because the UPA government has quickened investigations into them. He was replying to a question why he was being targeted by the BJP linking him to the 2G scam. "What I suspect is that we have quickened the investigations into a number of bomb blast cases where right-wing fundamentalist organisations are involved” he said.
OWL WATCH: Offense is the best defense. Let the Parliament be another Hanuman Akhada during monsoon session starting on 1 August 2011. Whenever Congress is attacked, the party heavyweights counter attack others to divert and dilute the issues. BJP leaders get engaged in this game and ultimately the issues go out of field.
