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2G scam: Rahul Gandhi says PM not in embarrassing position | Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, is not in an embarrassing position following the Supreme Court's
observation on the 2G spectrum allotment case. Gandhi's comments came a day after
AICC General Secretary Janardan Dwivedi came out in support of the Prime Minister,
saying the party had stood, is standing and will stand" by him and that "in the
whole world, no one doubts the integrity of our Prime Minister. The Supreme Court
on Thursday had asked for an affidavit to be filed by Saturday on behalf of the
Prime Minister, to explain why he took close to a year to respond to a request
for the prosecution of former Telecom Minister A Raja over the 2G scam. Delivering
the order, the court said, "It's an extremely serious matter, we must know what
has been kept back." The apex court has asked for details of communication between
the PMO and Janata Party President and former Law Minister Subramaniam Swamy,
who had sought sanction for the prosecution of Raja. Earlier on Tuesday, the apex
court had asked the government to explain why the Prime Minister took eleven months
to take a decision on sanctioning of prosecution of Raja in the controversial
2G spectrum allocation issue. Raja was forced to resign Sunday night under considerable
pressure from the Congress, which continues to be attacked in Parliament by the
Opposition on corruption charges.
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