The CBI on Wednesday told a special court that former telecom minister A Raja had “misled” the then prime minister Manmohan Singh on policy matters pertaining to 2G spectrum allocation. The special court Wednesday commenced the final arguments in the main 2G case, in which Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and 15 others are facing trial. Special Public prosecutor (SPP) Anand Grover, referring to the letters written by the ex-telecom minister to then PM, said Raja misled Singh on the first come, first serve (FCFS) policy and the cut-off date regarding the allocation of the 2G spectrum. “The letters written by him (Raja) on November 2, 2007 — infact show that Raja misled the PM,” Grover argued. [related-post] The SPP told special CBI judge O P Saini that Raja granted spectrum to “ineligible” companies like Swan Telecom Pvt Ltd (STPL) and Unitech Wireless (Tamil Nadu) Ltd, adding that in conspiracy with other accused advanced the cut-off date to favour the accused firms. “Raja even rejected the proposal of the then law minister who had proposed that some of the key policy issues be referred to the Empowered Group of Ministers,” he said. On changing the cut-off date for receiving application for granting of 2G licence, the CBI said Swan Telecom Pvt Ltd was ineligible on the date of application for grant of the radio waves “as it was actually owned by Tiger Traders Pvt Ltd through Reliance ADAG,” the CBI argued. The special court would now resume the final arguments in the present matter on May 25.
