Author: PTI
Publication: The Economic Times
Date: August 24, 2011
URL: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/telecom/kanimozhi-to-drag-pm-if-put-to-trial-in-2g-scam/articleshow/9708805.cms
DMK MP Kanimozhi on Tuesday sought to drag
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the 2G spectrum case threatening to make
him a witness.
"If the trial goes on (against her),
I would summon the Prime Minister as a witness," she submitted through
her lawyer and senior advocate Sushil Kumar before Special CBI Judge O P Saini.
The 43-year-old Rajya Sabha member and daughter
of DMK chief M Karunanidhi said that the Prime Minister has made a statement
on the floor of the Parliament that no loss was incurred to the exchequer
in the grant of licences for the 2G.
Her counsel contended that CBI's case is
that a huge loss has been caused to the exchequer due to the omission and
commission of the acts of the accused, including former Telecom Minister A
Raja.
"The moment, the loss factor goes out,
the charge of cheating also goes out," Kumar said, adding, "The
Prime Minister, the then Finance Minister (P Chidambaram) and the present
Telecom Minister (Kapil Sibal) have told the House i.e. the people of India
that no loss has been caused as 2G licences were not to be auctioned."
The DMK MP was rubbishing the CAG report
estimating a presumptive loss of Rs 1.76 lakh crore in the 2G spectrum allocation
scam and CBI's computation of Rs 30,984 crore loss.
