Raja's statement also indicts Vajpayee: Congress

New Delhi, Jul 26 (PTI) Congress Tuesday sought to
turn the tables on the Bhartiya Janta Party(BJP) over A Raja's
allegations in the 2G scam case telling the Opposition party
that the former Telecom Minister's statement "squarely
indicts" former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee also in
the scandal.
"If the BJP decides to make a song and dance about one
part of Raja's statement, then the other part of his statement
squarely indicts Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee also," party
spokesman Manish Tewari said.
His statement came close on the heels of BJP's demand
for resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the 2G
issue in the backdrop of Raja's allegations in the court.
Raja had yesterday claimed in a Delhi court that the
issue of sale of equity by spectrum licencees was discussed
with Singh and the then Finance Minister P Chidambaram,
prompting the BJP to demand the resignation of Prime Minister
and also that of Chidambaram.
Tewari's refrain was that Raja's claims were
statements of an "accused trying to defend himself at the time
of framing of charges".
He said the migration policy initiated by the National
Democratic Alliance (NDA) government led by the then Prime
Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had led to a loss of Rs 43,000
crore to the exchequer, which has risen to Rs 1.73 lakh crore.
Vajpayee had taken over the Ministry of Communication
from Jagmohan in 1999, Tewari recalled.