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A number of top leaders expressed their opinion after a special CBI court acquitted A Raja and Kanimuzhi in the 2G Spectrum scam on Thursday.
Updated : Dec 21, 2017, 01:49 PM IST
A number of top leaders expressed their opinion after a special CBI court acquitted A Raja and Kanimuzhi in the 2G Spectrum scam on Thursday.
The court had acquitted the DMK leaders, citing lack of evidence. While several people hailed the verdict, others, such as Subramanian Swamy have asked the Centre to file a petition with the High Court.
Here’s how people reacted
The acquittal of all 2G scam accused by trial court is grossly wrong&sends a signal that influential people are not accountable in this country's judicial system.There was considerable evidence of Benami licences,fixing of the 1st Come 1st served system&also bribes in this. Shame
— Prashant Bhushan (@pbhushan1) December 21, 2017
The truth stands vindicated. Allegations of scam in 2G allocations were manufactured. The author of presumptive loss of Rs 1.76 lk cr have been generously rewarded by the BJP govt, political beneficiary of the malicious campaign for targeting & defaming the @INCIndia & UPA govt.
— Anand Sharma (@AnandSharmaINC) December 21, 2017
Nothing less than apology from former CAG Vinod Rai is going to work now. The whole 2G scam figure was fictitious and was a deliberate attempt to defame Congress party and its allies.
— Sanjay Nirupam (@sanjaynirupam) December 21, 2017
After today's Court verdict Mr Rai shd come out & tender apology publicly.#2GScamVerdict
After the 2G judgement by the Special Court
— Kapil Sibal (@KapilSibal) December 21, 2017
0 gain for BJP
My position vindicated
The foundation of the NDA/BJP Government rests on a false campaign of insinuations, innuendo, calumny & downright lies of which 2-G was lynchpin. Post the 2-G verdict if the BJP has the courage it should go to the people’s court and seek a fresh mandate from the people of India.
— Manish Tewari (@ManishTewari) December 21, 2017
Congis and Allies celebrated JJ HC acquittal. Then in SC got deflated. Same will be here.
— Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) December 21, 2017
Why channels are not asking what was Modi’s CBI doing in last three years ? Why it could not get evidences in 2G ? It’s collusion and a deal of monumental proportion ?
— ashutosh (@ashutosh83B) December 21, 2017
The Scam of UPA govt giving away valuable 2G spectrum at low prices to Dubious companies was ruled ALREADY in Feb2012 by Supreme Court whn it canclld licenses n ruled spectrum can only b gvn thru auctions!
— Rajeev Chandrasekhar (@rajeev_mp) December 21, 2017
The court observes that the 2G scam was a creation of rumour , gossip & speculation .
— Pankhuri Pathak (@pankhuripathak) December 21, 2017
What more evidence does one need that the 'scam' was strategically manufactured to topple the UPA government? #2GScamVerdict #UPAAcquittedIn2G pic.twitter.com/7KHdJsYT0M
Earlier in the day,a special CBI court on Thursday acquitted, who was the telecom minister in the first UPA government, along with DMK leader Kanimozhi and 17 others in the 2G spectrum allocation scam.
The special court judge OP Saini pronounced his verdict as 'not guilty' for all accused due to lack of evidence.
The case relates to alleged below-market-price sale of lucrative telecoms permits bundled with airwaves in 2008, which a federal auditor said may have cost the government as much as Rs 1.76 lakh crore in lost revenue. The scam came to light following a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India during the second term of the UPA government headed by Manmohan Singh.
DMK working president MK Stalin has issued a statement after the 2G verdict. “The CBI court has given a historical verdict. The 2G case was filed in 2009. In the political history, the 2G case was foisted to defame and destroy DMK. It is a false case made up of goofed up figures. In such a case, the special court has acquitted all of them. We are very happy over the order. The court order proved that the DMK has not done anything wrong. I request the media to show the same enthusiasm of how it sensationalized the 2G scam when the case was filed. In the same way, you should take this news of acquittal to all the people,” he said.
DMK's RS Bharathi also hailed the CBI court’s verdict, saying that the case to begin with was a false case. “For the past 2 assembly elections, the case was used against us, now it has been proved to be wrong,” he added.