Daijiworld Media Network

New Delhi, Jul 27: In defence of his actions in the 2G scam, former telecom minister A Raja alleged that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the then Finance Minister P Chidambaram and the then Solicitor General Goolam E Vahanavati were aware of the ongoings.

Raja’s lawyer Sushil Kumar argued before special judge O P Saini on Tuesday July 26 that when his client said that the top authorities were aware of his actions, he alone should not be accused in the conspiracy.

"In such case, PM Singh could also be held guilty of conspiracy and dereliction of duty for not forming a GoM to examine the spectrum allocation issue," he said.

He further said that when Raja had written to the PM informing him about his decisios, the PM should not have approved it in the first place.

Raja claiming his innocence said, "Conspiracy is hatched only within a close- door. Whatever I have done is recorded on files. There are documentary evidences available in the department of telecom (DoT) files. The maximum I could be held responsible for is misconduct because whatever decision I took was in discha¬rge of my official duties as telecom minister," he said.