New Delhi: Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy's deposition
against Home Minister P Chidambaram will continue on January 7 in the 2G
spectrum scam case.
The special CBI court sought certified copies of documents from Parliament and concerned departments. The documents sought are the ones on which Swamy relied to prove his case against Chidambaram.
After the Delhi court deferred the hearing till January 7, Swamy said, "Happy to note that the judge said that if on the four documents you give a certified copy, then it is possible that you may not need any witnesses - in which case we can go straight to trial, if necessary."
"By the 7th, I'll have given those certified documents and then I will move a prayer under section 319 CrpC, the Chidambaram be summoned to the court as an accused, " added Swamy.
Swamy has alleged that former telecom minister A Raja and Chidambaram were involved in the 2G scam together and compromised national security.
Swamy also alleged that Raja worked on Chidambaram's instructions and that he will expose the Home Minister. "The letters exchanged between the two, and the letter exchanged between the PM and Mr Chidambaram, the meeting that took place between Raja and Chidambaram, four meetings and their minutes, all these I've got and I've filed them already and I'll be referring to them in my presentation. He is responsible for it, he has committed so many crimes, he's being too smart, he thinks that being a lawyer he can always have an alibi. I might also consider, if not today, on an another occasion, to bring in section 13 (1), to say that Mr Chidambaram is a habitual offender, because now he has many cases against him sprouting out."
Testifying as a witness in support of his private complaint seeking prosecution of Chidambaram, Swamy said Raja could not be held guilty "alone" of the charges that he fixed the price of spectrum licence in 2008 at the prevailing rates of 2001.
"Raja could not be guilty of this (fixing the rate of spectrum charges at nominal price fixed in 2001) charge alone but he committed this offence with the active connivance of P Chidambaram," Swamy told Special CBI Judge O P Saini.
He said that as per a 2003 cabinet decision, Raja and Chidambaram, who was the then Finance Minister, were empowered to determine the spectrum price jointly.
Swamy said that the Prime Minister, in his statement made on the floor of Rajya Sabha on February 24, 2011, had said that pricing of spectrum was taken on the basis of a cabinet decision of 2003 which specifically said that the issue would be determined by the Ministry of Finance and Department of Telecommunication.
The special CBI court sought certified copies of documents from Parliament and concerned departments. The documents sought are the ones on which Swamy relied to prove his case against Chidambaram.
After the Delhi court deferred the hearing till January 7, Swamy said, "Happy to note that the judge said that if on the four documents you give a certified copy, then it is possible that you may not need any witnesses - in which case we can go straight to trial, if necessary."
"By the 7th, I'll have given those certified documents and then I will move a prayer under section 319 CrpC, the Chidambaram be summoned to the court as an accused, " added Swamy.
Swamy has alleged that former telecom minister A Raja and Chidambaram were involved in the 2G scam together and compromised national security.
Swamy also alleged that Raja worked on Chidambaram's instructions and that he will expose the Home Minister. "The letters exchanged between the two, and the letter exchanged between the PM and Mr Chidambaram, the meeting that took place between Raja and Chidambaram, four meetings and their minutes, all these I've got and I've filed them already and I'll be referring to them in my presentation. He is responsible for it, he has committed so many crimes, he's being too smart, he thinks that being a lawyer he can always have an alibi. I might also consider, if not today, on an another occasion, to bring in section 13 (1), to say that Mr Chidambaram is a habitual offender, because now he has many cases against him sprouting out."
Testifying as a witness in support of his private complaint seeking prosecution of Chidambaram, Swamy said Raja could not be held guilty "alone" of the charges that he fixed the price of spectrum licence in 2008 at the prevailing rates of 2001.
"Raja could not be guilty of this (fixing the rate of spectrum charges at nominal price fixed in 2001) charge alone but he committed this offence with the active connivance of P Chidambaram," Swamy told Special CBI Judge O P Saini.
He said that as per a 2003 cabinet decision, Raja and Chidambaram, who was the then Finance Minister, were empowered to determine the spectrum price jointly.
Swamy said that the Prime Minister, in his statement made on the floor of Rajya Sabha on February 24, 2011, had said that pricing of spectrum was taken on the basis of a cabinet decision of 2003 which specifically said that the issue would be determined by the Ministry of Finance and Department of Telecommunication.
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