Swamy to put forth arguments in 2G case in SC

CHENNAI: Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy today said he would argue in the Supreme Court as to how the trial court erred in refusing permission to prosecute Union Home Minister P Chidambaram in connection with the 2G Spectrum Scam. Talking to newspersons here, he said he would argue the case when it comes up for hearing before the Supreme Court on March 16 and concentrate on his main contention the Trial Court Judge Saini had erred in dismissing his plea, citing murder case trials. He claimed out of the 70 pages of judgment, 68 pages were favourable to him and only in the last two pages, the judge went against his contention and rejected the plea. He claimed he had proved that Chidambaram and Former Telecom Minister A Raja, who was now in prison, had acted together in deciding the price of spectrum and also enabled companies to earn huge profi ts by selling spectrum at high prices. ‘This is enough for prosecution a public servant under the Prevention of Corruption Act,’ the Janata Party President said. Leveling fresh charges against Chidambaram and Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Dr Swami alleged Chidambaram’s son was operating several companies abroad and said his (Dr Swami’s) friends were probing details of the same as well. He also alleged large scale pay offs in purchase of 12helicopters from Italy by the Union Government and demanded a probe into the purchase of French Rafale Jet Fighters.