The former Telecom Minister, A. Raja, prime accused in the 2G spectrum case, deliberately misled the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, which therein resulted in benefiting ineligible firms, the Central Bureau of Investigation told a special court here on Wednesday.
Mr. Raja was accused of changing the policy of first come, first served, on which spectrum was supposed to be allotted, to favour ineligible firms like Unitech Wireless (Tamil Nadu) Ltd. and Swan Telecom Pvt. Ltd.
The Special Public Prosecutor argued before judge O.P Saini that the then Law Minister, Hansraj Bhardwaj, had proposed that some key policy issues be referred to the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) but the former Telecom Minister had disregarded this advice, and had instead written a misleading letter to the former Prime Minister.
