I Accuse... A Raja puts PM in dock, shakes government

After almost six months in jail number 2 of Tihar, when former telecommunications minister A. Raja finally got a chance to speak, he took no prisoners. On July 25, in the packed confines of Judge OP Saini's trial court in Delhi's Patiala House complex, he said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and then finance minister P. Chidambaram had full knowledge of the sale of fresh shares which allowed the 2G licencees to bump up their valuations. More importantly, if this was the crime then why were Tata Tele and S Tel who actually sold equity to NTT Docomo (26 per cent sold for Rs 12,300 crore) and Bahrain Telecom (49 per cent sold for Rs 1,000 crore) not being charged?

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