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2G case: Swamy deposes against Chidambaram
Saturday December 17, 2011 03:26:32 PM,
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Swamy to depose against Chidambaram
In a move
that could cause more trouble for P. Chidambaram, a special CBI
court Thursday allowed Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy to
again depose before it as a witness to prove his claim of the home
minister's alleged complicity in the spectrum
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New Delhi: Appearing
before a special CBI court here Saturday, Janata Party president
Subramanian Swamy deposed against Union Home Minister P.
Chidambaram to prove his alleged complicity in the 2G spectrum
scam.
Swamy told Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special Judge O.P.
Saini: "The prime minister's speech delivered on the floor of
parliament in February clearly proves that the pricing of the
spectrum was taken on basis of cabinet decisions of 2003, which
specifically left the issue to be determined by the finance
minister and DoT (Department of Telecom)."
Chidambaram was the finance minister in the first United
Progressive Alliance (UPA-I) government when the spectrum saga
began.
Swamy has sought to make Chidambaram a party in the spectrum case,
saying the decision on spectrum pricing was taken in 2008 jointly
by him and then communications minister A. Raja, who is lodged in
Tihar Jail since Feb 2.
"Chidambaram and Raja were empowered by the 2003 cabinet decision
to determine the spectrum price jointly," said Swamy.
"Chidambaram was aware at least one day before what Raja was
planning to do in selling the spectrum," he added.
As Swamy sought some time to bring more documents related to the
scam, the court adjourned the matter till Jan 7, 2012.
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