"All my predecessors followed the same procedure. So did I. In terms of legal rules and procedures, there has been no deviation," Raja told reporters here on the sidelines of a conference on information and communications technologies with state ministers.
He said licences were issued and allotments of spectrum made solely on the basis of the recommendations by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the watchdog for the sector, and in consultation with the Prime Minister's Office and top law officers.
"I wanted to bring competition in accordance with the TRAI norms. The competition may have created some storm," he said, adding he managed to break the cartel and welcomes investigation into the matter. He declined to take any other step personally.
"Where is the question of resignation," the minister retorted when asked to respond to the demands by opposition parties which alleged a multi-billion dollar scam in the spectrum issue and demanded Raja's scalp.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Sunday the allegations about the scam were incorrect, even as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted raids on the offices of the communications ministry last week.
The premier investigative agency said the licences were awarded to companies on a first-come-first-served basis at the rates prevailing in 2001 and without any competitive bidding.
Source: IANS
GO AHEAD INDIA. YOU'RE JUST FEW PLACES BEHIND IN THE LIST OF MOST CORRUPT COUNTRIES. YOU CAN DO IT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORK HARD, BUT JUST CONTINUE AND U'LL BE IN THE FIRST PLACE SOON.
Only a civilized society will hawk and spit on your face. So what ? Is being civilized and cultured that important than money ?
NO F.U.C.K.I.N.G WAY.
YOU NEED MONEY. MORE MONEY, MORE AND MORE MONEY. MORE AND MORE AND MORE AND MORE MONEY. YOU CAN DO ANYTHING TO GE THAT. YOU'RE LICENSED TO ANYTHING YOU WANT. NO ONE CAN QUESTION.
PLZ. GO AHEAD, YOU FANATIC GROUP OF THUGS.
pleas admit you have done scam...why will cbi come to your office mr **** ?...