In a U-turn, former Telecom Minister A Raja today told a Delhi court that he did not seek to implicate Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the then Finance Minister P Chidambaram in the 2G case.
"I did not seek to implicate the Prime Minister and the then Finance Minister in 2G case," senior advocate Sushil Kumar, counsel for Raja, told Special CBI Judge O P Saini.
The DMK leader squarely blamed the media for his alleged accusations against the Prime Minister and the then Finance Minister, saying "they (media) cannot put words in my mouth. Ask them to report truthfully or go out of the court room."
Initiating the arguments on framing of charges, the counsel for Raja had yesterday claimed that the issue of sale of equity by spectrum licencee telecom firms was discussed with the Prime Minister and the then Finance Minister.
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