Raja denies putting pressure on DoT officials in 2G case

Former telecom minister A Raja on Tuesday rejected in a Delhi court CBI’s suggestions that he had ‘put pressure’ on Department of Telecommunications (DoT) officers to process applications seeking 2G spectrum licences and issue letters of intent (LoIs) in simultaneous manner.

Raja, who is deposing as a witness to defend himself in the ongoing 2G spectrum allocation case trial, told the court that there was no ‘disagreement’ among the DoT officers on the point of issuing LoIs to eligible firms simultaneously.

‘It is wrong to suggest that DoT officials were not inclined to process the applications and issue LoIs in simultaneous manner. It is further wrong to suggest that I put pressure on the officers of DoT to process applications and issue LoIs in simultaneous manner through secretary (T) Sidharath Behura and my private secretary R K Chandolia,’ Raja told Special CBI Judge OP Saini.