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Swamy submits documents against Chidambaram
Saturday January 07, 2012 06:08:18 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Seeking to
haul Home Minister P. Chidambaram before a court in the 2G
spectrum case, Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy Saturday
submitted the certified copies of documents and concluded his
arguments.
Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Judge O.P. Saini,
after hearing Swamy's plea for prosecution of Chidambaram in the
2G case, listed the matter for Jan 21 for final arguments.
"This evidence reveals the connivance, collusion and consent of
the then finance minister Chidambaram in the decision taken by the
then telecom minister A. Raja on the matter of fixing prices of
spectrum licences and the matter of permitting companies who
received licences," Swamy said.
Swamy said that two companies which received the telecom licences
sold their shares to others even before the roll-out of their
services. He said the evidence brings on record a commission of
offence under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
"I have also brought on record evidence to show that Chidambaram
is also guilty of breach of trust in question of national security
for not disclosing that Etisalat and Telenor were black-listed by
home ministry advisory," Swamy told reporters outside the court.
He added that Swan Telecom and Unitech Wireless had business
relations with Dubai-based Etisalat Group and Norway-based Telenor,
respectively.
Chidambaram was the finance minister in the first United
Progressive Alliance government when the spectrum saga began.
Swamy sought to prosecute Chidambaram in the case, saying the
decision on spectrum pricing was taken in 2008 jointly by him and
Raja, who has been lodged in the Tihar Jail here since Feb 2,
2011. He alleged that Chidambaram and Raja were equally guilty of
recommending spectrum prices based on 2001 rates.
Swamy earlier submitted three documents for seeking the
prosecution of Chidambaram. These included evidence extracted from
a Comptroller and Auditor General report and other sources. Swamy
sought some time to bring more documents related to the scam.
Raja is among the 14 people, including corporate honchos, who have
been arrested in the scam. Kanimozhi, a DMK Rajya Sabha MP and
daughter of former Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi, was
also arrested in the case. All the arrested people, except Raja
and former telecom secretary Siddhartha Behura, have been freed on
bail.
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