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2G case verdict: Jaitley slams Congress, says party treating this judgment as ‘badge of honour’
2G case verdict: Jaitley said, "This was a corrupt and dishonest policy, which has already been upheld by the Supreme Court in 2012."
Shortly after the 2G spectrum allocation case verdict was pronounced by a special CBI court in New Delhi on Thursday, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today slammed the Congress for treating this judgment as a ‘badge of honour’. In a statement to the media, Jaitley said: “Congress leaders are treating this judgement as some kind of a badge of honour and a certification that it was an honest policy. This was a corrupt and dishonest policy, which has already been upheld by the Supreme Court in 2012.”
A special court today acquitted 19 accused, including former telecom minister A Raja and DMK leader Kanimozhi in the Enforcement Directorate’s money laundering case relating to the 2G scam. Besides Raja and Kanimozhi, Special Judge O P Saini also acquitted Shahid Balwa, Vinod Goenka, Asif Balwa, Rajiv Aggarwal, Karim Morani, P Amirtham and Sharad Kumar in connection with the case.
