Manish Tewari's refrain was Raja's claims in a Delhi court were statements of an "accused trying to defend himself at the time of framing of charges".
Congress on Monday dismissed BJP's demand for resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the 2G issue, saying that he is a man of "honesty, integrity and rectitude".
"If at all anyone raised questions about the processes on the 2G issue, it was the Prime Minister," Congress spokesman Manish Tewari said.
He was replying to a volley of questions on former Telecom Minister A Raja's claims in a Delhi court that the issue of sale of equity by spectrum licences was discussed with Singh and the then Finance Minister P Chidambaram and the BJP demanding the Prime Minister's resignation.
Tewari's refrain was Raja's claims in a Delhi court were statements of an "accused trying to defend himself at the time of framing of charges".
"The allegations are made not by a member of the Council of Ministers but by an accused," he said, adding that it would be a "very sad day for Indian democracy if excessive and unnecessary reliance is given to a statements by an accused who is making a point".
Tewari's refrain was Raja's claims in a Delhi court were statements of an "accused trying to defend himself at the time of framing of charges".(To denigrate him is like spitting at the sun)".
The Congress spokesman said he made the statement with regard to the Prime Minister with "full and complete responsibility".
"The Prime Minister is known for his integrity, probity and rectitude all over the world," Tewari said.
Initially, Tewari said no running commentary is given on proceedings in court.
He did not agree that an angry DMK, which had withdrawn two ministers -- Raja and Dayanidhi Maran from the UPA government -- was getting back at the Congress through Raja.
Tewari sought to ridicule BJP President Nitin Gadkari's claims on spectrum policy formulated by the NDA government, saying Gadkari needed to know the history of the telecom ministry.
He said the migration policy initiated by the NDA government led by the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had led to a loss of Rs43,000 crore to the exchequer, which has risen to Rs1.73 lakh crore.
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