Former Telecom Minister A Raja today denied in a Delhi court CBI's suggestions that he had kept then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the dark about the decisions taken by Department of Telecommunications (DoT) regarding allocation of 2G spectrum licences.
Deposing as a witness to defend himself in the ongoing 2G case trial, Raja told the court that he had met Singh and apprised him about the decisions taken in the DoT on the issue.
"It is incorrect. I apprised the Prime Minister of the facts by my letter dated November 2, 2007. Thereafter, a letter was received by me from the Prime Minister on the same day. This letter was also replied to by me on the same day.
"After this exchange of letters, I met the Prime Minister and apprised him of all the decisions taken, which were referred in the letters and I handed over a folder also to him," Raja told Special CBI Judge O P Saini during his cross examination by the CBI prosecutor.
Raja also denied CBI's suggestions that he had written a letter to the PM on November 2, 2007 to avoid reference of the matter relating to allocation of 2G licences to the empowered group of minister (EGoM).
"It is wrong to suggest that I wrote the letter dated November 2, 2007 to hush up the matter and to avoid reference of the matter to EGoM," he said.
On being asked about another letter written by him to PM on November 2, 2007, Raja said, "he (PM) had been misguided by vested interests, so I sent the letter immediately to avoid further confusion in this regard.
