DMK’s Raja challenges CM to a debate on 2G case
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DMK deputy normal secretary A. Raja on Thursday challenged Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami to an open debate on who was corrupt and on the 2G spectrum allocation subject.
“Let it be at Fort St. George. Let the Chief Minister bring his Advocate-General and Law Secretary. I am ready to face him in a debate on who was corrupt,” he mentioned, reacting to Mr. Palaniswami’s cost that the DMK was “a corporate company and its corruption was equivalent to the State budget”.
Mr. Raja mentioned that within the 2G case, he didn’t search even the advantage of the doubt in his favour, however subjected himself to the grilling by the CBI for 15 days. “From the days of Warren Hastings, no other public servant has subjected himself to such a legal battle. Finally, the court decided in favour of me. They are not even able to file the appeal against the verdict [of a special court],” he mentioned at a press convention.
‘Not proved’
Mr. Raja mentioned the allegation in opposition to the DMK over the execution of the Veeranam scheme was not proved. “The enemies of the DMK cite the Sarkaria Commission and say the party had indulged in scientific corruption. But in reality, there is no such reference in the Commission’s report,” he mentioned.
He mentioned Mr. Palaniswami, who carried the {photograph} of Jayalalithaa, who was convicted in a disproportionate property case, had no locus standi to criticise the DMK. He mentioned that within the case in opposition to Jayalalithaa, the Supreme Court had mentioned, “Not only such a character is an anathema to the preambulor promise of justice, liberty, equality, fraternal dignity, unity and integrity of the country, which expectantly ought to animate the life and spirit of every citizen of this country, but also is an unpardonable onslaught on the constitutional religion that forms the bedrock of our democratic polity.”
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