The Janata Party chief, Mr Subramanian Swamy, today told a Delhi court that his private complaint in the 2G spectrum case, touching the issue of national security, should be heard separately as the CBI is not willing to club his complaint with its FIR in the scam.
Mr Swamy told the Special CBI Judge, Mr O.P. Saini, that his complaint touches the wider issue of national security which the Central Bureau of Investigation has not investigated.
“I would like my private complaint to be heard separately. I have wider issues (in the complaint) touching the national security aspect, which the CBI is not investigating,” Mr Swamy said.
Pressing for his demand for appointment as a public prosecutor in the case, he said: “I have every right to be appointed as prosecutor in this case.”
He claimed that the CBI’s charge sheet puts the entire blame on the former Telecom Minister, Mr A. Raja, a key accused in the case, whereas all the decisions were taken by Mr Raja and the then Finance Minister (Mr P. Chidambaram).
The judge later deferred the hearing in the matter to August 26.
The CBI had earlier opposed Mr Swamy’s plea seeking his appointment as a prosecutor in the case, saying that his complaint was “not tenable in law” and not “worth accepting’’.
The agency had told the court that Mr Swamy’s submission regarding clubbing of his private complaint with the CBI’s case was not in the interest of justice and his complaint may be dealt with separately.