New Delhi, Feb. 2: The main opposition BJP on Wednesday termed the arrest of the former telecom minister, Mr A. Raja, as belated and said that it strengthened the party’s demand for a JPC probe into the spectrum scam.
Reacting to the arrest of Mr Raja, the BJP also questioned the silence of the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, on the issue.
“I wish the Prime Minister, instead of living in denial, had acted three years ago so that this huge, monumental loss to the public exchequer had not taken place,” said the senior BJP leader, Mr Arun Jaitley.
Mr Jaitley also said that Mr Raja’s arrest also proved that the new telecom minister, Mr Kapil Sibal, was incorrect when he had recently said that there were no losses caused in the process of 2G allocations.