BJP reiterates JPC demand

New Delhi : As the CBI raided residences of former Telecom Minister A Raja, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday said the United Progressive Alliance government was much to be blamed for keeping the 2G spectrum scam under cover.

Reiterating party’s demand for setting up a Joint Parliamentary Committee to probe the scam, BJP spokesman Prakash Javadekar said the government was forced to act after the Supreme Court reprimanded the CBI.

He said the the investigating agency was sitting on the case for the last one year under the pressure from high ups in the government.

Javadekar alleged the raids proved that Raja had a role in the controversial allocation of 2G spectrum that caused huge loss to the government exchequer.

Raids are being conducted at the residences of Raja in Delhi and Chennai.

The CBI sleuths are also searching the premises of four other Telecom officials, including Raja’s personal secretary R.K. Chandolia.