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I will not step down: A Raja | Telecom Minister A Raja on Friday said he wouldn't step down from his position in the wake of charges that his spectrum allocation policies have caused a revenue loss of 60,000 crore rupees. "I will not step down. Ours is a government that has followed all rules
to the letter and spirit by following the recommendations of TRAI (Telecom Regulatory
Authority of India)," he said. Raja also alleged that the BJP-led NDA government
was involved in the "biggest ever scam", as it distributed free spectrum to operators
depriving the exchequer of over 1,60,000 rupees crore revenue. He added that the
NDA government not only distributed free spectrum, it also violated all norms
by giving the frequency far in excess of 4.4 MHz to many leading operators. Responding
to BJP leader Arun Jaitley's demand for his resignation, Raja said Jaitley had
favoured major operators during the NDA rule and also defending one of them in
the high court. "Now there is infighting within Arun Jaitley. His legal brain
is fighting the political brain. I do not know what will be the outcome. Whether
his legal brain will win or the political one," he said. |
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