Kanimozhi to drag PM if put to trial in 2G scam

DMK MP Kanimozhi on Tuesday sought to drag Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in th 2G spectrum case threatening to make him a witness.

She submitted through her lawyer and senior advocate Sushil Kumar before Special CBI Judge OP Saini that if the trial goes on like this against her, then she would summon the Prime Minister as a witness.

The 43 year old Rajya Sabha member and daughter of DMK Chief 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 2G licences.

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 the former Telecom Minister A Raja.

Kumar said that the moment , the loss factor goes out, the charge of cheating also goes out. He also added that the Prime Minister, the then Finance Minister (P Chidambaram) and the present Telecom Minister (Kapil Sibal) have told the people that no loss has been caused as 2G licences were not to be auctioned.

The DMK MP was refusing the CAG report estimating the loss to be around Rs.1.76 lakh crore in the 2 spectrum allocation scam and CBI's computation  of Rs.30984 crore loss.

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