Image via WikipediaBehura's submission before a court targeting the former Finance Secretary reflected the trend of the 2G scam accuse naming top leaders and officials after past Telecom Miniser A Raja named Prime MinisterManmohan Singh, Home MinisterP Chidambaram and Attorney General G E Vahanvati over the last two days.
Conflicting the framing of charges of corruption and other penal offences against him in the case, Behura told the Special CBI judge O P Saini that Subbarao had decided next to revising the entry fee of Rs 1,659 crore for 2G licence and if he is not an accused in this case, he (Behura) too should not have been put on trial.
"Subbarao finalised the result taken in the meeting of December 4, 2007 that the policy stood approved and the entry fees (of Rs 1,659 crore fixed in 2001 during NDA's regime) need not be revised," Behura's counsel Aman Lekhi told the court. Behura is behind bars for the past six months.
"Even the Finance Minister (then P Chidambaram) was also present in the meeting (held on December 4, 2007). If Subbarao, who was part of the Finance Ministry, did commit no wrong, how come I did it.
Going by the same principle, if I have been made an accused then Subbarao should also be made an accused," he said.
The former official defended himself against the charges against him, saying the acts done by him were in pursuance of the government policy and he did not commit any wrong that caused a loss to the exchequer.
Asserting that there was "not an iota of confirmation" against him, Behura said he was only a civil servant who had no role to play except implementing the government's policy.
0 comments:
Post a Comment