A AKHTER / NEW DELHI
Expressing happiness and satisfaction over the special CBI court judgement in the 2G spectrum scam case, former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today said the verdict proved that the massive propaganda against UPA was without any foundation.
“I don’t want to boast. The judgement speaks for itself”, Dr Singh told media persons in Parliament premises here soon after the court pronounced the judgement acquitting all accused, saying the prosecution had failed to prove any of its charge.
On the other hand Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said the Congress is treating the court verdict on 2G spectrum allocations as a badge of honour and a certification that the policy was honest Policy. But it was a corrupt and dishonest policy, which was already been upheld by the Supreme Court in 2012 by cancelling the allocations.
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Reacting to the verdict, Mr. Jaitley said the auction policy adopted by the UPA causing losses is clear from the fact that the subsequent auctions got a much higher price. He said he is sure that the investigative agencies will have a close look at the judgment and decide what needs to be done the next.
The Minister said the spectrum was allocated by Congress in 2008 at the prices decided in 2001 and the policy was implemented in an arbitrary manner causing heavy losses to the exchequer.
In Chennai, the DMK cadres celebrated the verdict, by bursting crackers and distributing sweets in Chennai.
The party working president MK Stalin dubbed the verdict as historic. In a press meet in Chennai, he said the case was foisted on the DMK leaders with the aim of destroying the party.
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