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New Delhi: A special
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court Saturday reserved till
Feb 4 its order on a plea by Janata Party president Subramanian
Swamy to haul Home Minister P. Chidambaram in the court in the 2G
spectrum case.
"The order is reserved for Feb 4," said CBI Special Judge O.P.
Saini.
The court reserved its order after Swamy concluded his final
argument seeking prosecution of Chidambaram in the case.
Swamy told the court that former communications minister A. Raja
committed the irregularities in connivance with Chidambaram, who
was then the finance minister.
He submitted Friday that prima facie Chidambaram conspired and
colluded with Raja to commit the offence of "criminal misconduct".
"The evidence brought before the court is sufficient to show that
Chidambaram, as the then finance minister, has prima facie
committed offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act and
other criminal laws," Swamy said.
He added that Chidambaram did not call for a cabinet meeting on
spectrum prices as he had colluded, conspired and consented with
Raja. Chidambaram, along with Raja, was empowered by an October
2003 cabinet decision to discuss the spectrum price issue.
Swamy said two companies which received the telecom licences sold
their shares to others even before the rollout of their services.
He sought prosecution of 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 the 2001 rates.
Raja is among the 14 people, including corporate honchos, who have
been arrested in the scam. Kanimozhi, a DMK Rajya Sabha member 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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