New Delhi: Dr Manmohan Singh, whose government was battered by allegations of corruption, today said that a court verdict that acquoliticians and bureaucrats and corporate executives of a telecom scam its pproves that there was "a massive propaganda" against his administration.
After a Delhi court cleared former telecom Minister A Raja and others of "the 2G scam", Dr Singh, whose government was defeated in 2014 after two consecutive terms, said, The judgement speaks for itself...I am glad the court has pronounced unambiguously that all this massive propaganda that was being done against the UPA was without any foundation."
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that Congress leaders are wrongly treating this verdict as a "badge of honour"and said the Supreme Court verdict had upheld that the policy followed by Dr Singh's coalition on telecom was arbitary and dishonest."
"One thing is clear the allegation of a major scam involving highest levels of govt was never true, not correct and that's been proved today," said former union minister P Chidambaram.
"Unfortunate the country had to go through this. Many NPAs in banks have accumulated due to this as telecom licences were cancelled. It hit the banking and telecom sectors, it hit the economy. All because of BJP and Vinod Rai," Mr Sibal said.
"Our zero loss theory on 2G spectrum allocation has been vindicated," the Congress leader said.
After a Delhi court cleared former telecom Minister A Raja and others of "the 2G scam", Dr Singh, whose government was defeated in 2014 after two consecutive terms, said, The judgement speaks for itself...I am glad the court has pronounced unambiguously that all this massive propaganda that was being done against the UPA was without any foundation."
2G Scam Case: DMK supporters celebrated outside Delhi's Patiala House court after the verdict.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that Congress leaders are wrongly treating this verdict as a "badge of honour"and said the Supreme Court verdict had upheld that the policy followed by Dr Singh's coalition on telecom was arbitary and dishonest."
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"One thing is clear the allegation of a major scam involving highest levels of govt was never true, not correct and that's been proved today," said former union minister P Chidambaram.
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"Unfortunate the country had to go through this. Many NPAs in banks have accumulated due to this as telecom licences were cancelled. It hit the banking and telecom sectors, it hit the economy. All because of BJP and Vinod Rai," Mr Sibal said.
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"Our zero loss theory on 2G spectrum allocation has been vindicated," the Congress leader said.
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