By IANS,
New Delhi : A day after he dragged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Home Minister P. Chidambaram into the 2G spectrum scam, former communications minister A. Raja Tuesday clarified that he did not intend to frame anyone and the media had misrepresented his statements.
“Main kisi ko phasana nahi chahta tha (I had no intention of framing anyone),” Raja’s lawyer said on his behalf when the names of Manmohan Singh and Chidambaram were taken in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court presided over by Judge O.P. Saini.
He also said Raja’s statement was misrepresented by the media.
The counsel added that Chidambaram should come to the court as a witness.
“The home minister should come in the court from either of the side, and be a witness in the case. When all the decisions were known to the home minister, then he should appear as a witness in the case,” he said.
Raja’s lawyer Sushil Kumar had Monday said the 2G spectrum transactions were approved by Chidambaram, who was then finance minister, in the presence of the prime minister.
The comment was criticised by the Congress, which said it cannot rely on the comments of an accused. Raja’s DMK party had also distanced itself from this comment.