Raja wants PM in witness box

After DMK MP Kanimozhi, jailed former communications minister A. Raja informed a Delhi court that he would call Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as witness in the 2G spectrum allocation case

Raja, presently lodged in Tihar Jail along with other accused in the case, told a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court that apart from the prime minister he would seek the presence of the then finance minister P. Chidambaram and Communications Minister Kapil Sibal in the witness box.

He said he would call these witnesses to prove that the government did not incur any loss in the 2G spectrum allocation.