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A Raja writes to DMK chief, says 2G scam was a conspiracy

DMK leader writes to party chief, says the scam was designed to uproot the cong govt

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A Raja said that it was a tragedy that the government could not figure out that the 2G scam was a conspiracy
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A day after the CBI court acquitted him in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case, former Telecom minister and senior DMK leader A Raja on Friday claimed that the case was a conspiracy to dislodge the Congress-led UPA government but "the tragedy was that even the government was unable to figure it out."

In a letter to DMK chief M Karunanidhi, Raja said that spectrum assault was "initiated by individuals" and carried forward by institutions including the CBI and the Supreme Court, which was new to both Indian and world history.

Former Minister said that the UPA government, in which his party DMK was a major partner, itself was unable to realise the "conspiracy" despite having the intelligence wing under its ambit. "It does not require extraordinary intelligence to understand that hegemonic forces which decided that it could no longer tolerate the national political clout of the DMK should have been there (behind the alleged conspiracy)," he said.

Defending himself, the former minister said a "cartel" of some telecom companies, which "hid availability" of the spectrum, was shattered due to his policy. As a result, he said, people now had access to several features such as WhatsApp and Twitter in their smartphones. "Facilitation of this revolution was labelled as an offence and I was sent to prison. Such things are possible only in this country," he said.

In the emotional letter, he said, "I place the 2G verdict on your feet with gratitude. You preserved me like a mother protecting her foetus so I wouldn't dissolve in the spectrum battle." "Who will punish those who alleged a loss of 1.76 lakh crore and deceitfully tried to trivialise your 80 years of public life?" he told Karunanidhi, in an apparent swipe at the then Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Vinod Rai's report. He noted that the sever-year-long spectrum storm not only besmirched individuals but also a movement (DMK) moored in ideology. He said the "politics of spectrum" came in handy for those who tried to diminish the nonagenarian's (Karunanidhi's) "viswaroopa" persona into that of "Vamana" (a dwarfish avtar of Lord Vishnu).

Hitting out at a section of media for its "hate" while pursuing the matter, he said the Left parties raking it up was an "ideological melancholy".

Raja’s letter

Raja said that spectrum assault was “initiated by individuals” and carried forward by institutions including the CBI and the Supreme Court

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