CBI court verdict on Swamy plea on Feb 4
Chidambaram accused of conspiring with Raja
As the Special CBI Court fixed February 4 to pronounce the order on Subramanian Swamy’s application to prove the involvement of Home Minister P Chidambaram in 2G spectrum case, the Janata Party leader on Saturday tighten the screw on Chidambaram arguing that he had ''conspired and colluded'' with former Telecom Minister A Raja.
Swamy claimed that he had brought on record sufficient evidence to show that Chidambaram was as guilty as Raja in the case.
“Raja and Chidambaram had committed the offence together. Prima facie Chidambaram had conspired and colluded with Raja to commit offence of criminal misconduct,” he alleged.
“It is clear that at this stage all I need to do is to show that the evidence brought on record is sufficient to show that Chidambaram, at present not an accused in the case, has prima facie committed offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act and other criminal laws,” Swamy contended.
He also argued that being the (then) finance minister, Chidambaram, along with Raja, was empowered by October 2003 cabinet decision to discuss on and finalise spectrum prices.
“Since he (Chidambaram) had colluded, conspired and consented with Raja, he did not call for a cabinet meeting although the officers (of Ministry of Finance) had kept Chidambaram apprised of the whole thing,” Swamy argued.
On January 7, Swamy had accused Chidambaram of corruption and compromising with national security for allegedly withholding the names of Etisalat and Telenor, the blacklisted companies that had bought over Swan Telecom and Unitech after they purchased spectrum. Recording evidence, he had sought criminal prosecution of the then finance minister in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case for the offence.
Swan Telecom and Unitech had diluted their shares in the two firms making huge profits.
“I have also brought on record the evidence to show that Chidambaram is also guilty of breach of trust in question of national security for not disclosing that Etisalat and Telenor were black listed by Home Ministry advisory,” Swamy had declared.
He is one of the petitioners of the PIL before the Supreme Court in the 2G case.
Pursuing his private complaint in the Special Court, he had submitted that Chidambaram was guilty of the offences for which the former Telecom Minister was imprisoned and faced trial.
Swamy had produced certified documents to allege that Chidambaram connived and colluded with Raja on fixing the price of spectrum licence and allowing two companies Swan Telecom and Unitech Wireless, which received the licences, in dilution of shares even before they rolled out of their services.
He had also placed on record the certified copies of the minutes of a meeting on January 30, 2008 between Chidambaram and Raja and also the minutes of another meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the two ministers.
Swamy had also submitted a certified copy of a January 15, 2008 letter written to the Prime Minister by Chidambaram, a December 21, 2010 communication to him from the Prime Minister's office and the controversial March 25, 2011 Office Memo of the Finance Ministry to PMO.
