| Policy & Regulation | | | 2G scam: CAG is legally illiterate person, says Raja | | | TT Correspondent | | 27 Jul 2011 | | |   Former telecom ministerA Raja on Tuesday criticised theCAG report estimating a loss of Rs 1.76 lakh crore to exchequer in 2G spectrum allocation, saying it is a "worthless paper" by a "legally illiterate person".
"CAG report is a worthless paper," Raja said that it was not relied upon even by the CBI which differed with the government's auditor on the loss suffered to the national exchequer.
"He (CAG) is a legally illiterate person like many of us," his counsel and senior advocate Sushil Kumar submitted before special judgeO P Saini.
"CAG says market value was not received and that 2G spectrum was not allocated at its then current market value," he said adding that "CAG is just an accountant".
"Not once did the accountant (CAG) talk of his (Raja's) obligation to auction.
"He is not a lawyer. But just an accountant. The policy not to auction has been going on since 2003. Till the time the government, not the BJP or the Congress government, but the government of the people, changes it, that would remain the policy," he said. |
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