New Delhi: Former telecom minister A Raja on Wednesday refuted the Comptroller and Auditor General Report on 2G spectrum scam in the Supreme Court. Raja claimed he followed Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) recommendations in allocation of 2G spectrum.
He said that the CAG report that blamed him for a total loss of Rs 1.76 lakh crore to the national exchequer was highly speculative.
Under fire on the 2G scam, the Union Government has also distanced itself from Raja.
Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Law Minister Veerappa Moily had reservations over the spectrum allocation process.
He also told the apex court that the Prime Minister's reservation should have been given more importance.
When the Supreme Court asked the Solicitor General to explain why was the Department of Telecommunication in such haste in issuing notification of January 10, 2008 in revising the cut off dates, the Solicitor General said that the DoT should have been more transparent.
The court further questioned how did all applicants came to know that they were to get the licenses. “Was there any telepathy?” the court asked.
Subramanium replied that that the corporate world functioned in a different manner.
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