Jaya takes on Raja on 'NDA spectrum revelations'

Chennai, Nov 2 : AIADMK General Secretary J Jayalalithaa today said Union Telecom Minister A Raja had 'opened the doors of a new closet from which hitherto well-hidden skeletons had tumbled out' by saying the previous BJP-led NDA Government, too, had caused the nation a loss of over Rupees one lakh crore through a faulty spectrum allocation policy.' In a statement here, the former Chief Minister said, 'It is now up to the BJP leadership in the know of things to confirm or refute this allegation made by Mr Raja in a desperate bid to wriggle out of the tight corner he finds himself in.' Most people would be inclined to believe Mr Raja as he was a Cabinet Minister during the NDA Regime as well and must have been privy to all the 'wrong-doings' of that period.

''But Mr Raja, a lawyer by profession, should be aware that one wrong does not justify another. A murderer, when trapped, cannot get away from the long arm of justice by claiming that someone else has committed murder as well and that person was still at large, '' she said.

''This is precisely what Raja is now trying to do,'' she added.

Stating Mr Raja’s new disclosure had opened up a 'Pandora’s Box' of questions, Ms Jayalalithaa wanted to know what he and his then colleagues, including late Murasoli Maran and T R Baalu were doing when the Telecom Ministry of the NDA regime was perpetrating its Rs one lakh crore fraud on the nation.

''Why did not any of them protest? Why did they not at least raise the issue at a Cabinet meeting? Why did they not walk out of the NDA? By keeping silent, were they not guilty of abetting the multi-crore scam?'' she asked.

--UNI

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