In a shocking development, a special CBI court has acquitted all the 19 accused including the former telecom minister, A Raja and DMK MP and leader, Kanimozhi Karunanidhi in the three cases of Rs. 30,000 crore 2G scam.
The court stated,
“Absolutely no hesitation in holding that the prosecution has miserably failed to prove any charge against any of the accused, made in its well choreographed charge sheet.”
CBI claimed that A Raja was giving telecom licences as per his will, ignoring the first-come-first-served principle. He also misinformed the (then) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and didn’t care about the issues concerning to other departments. CBI accused Raja of offering licences to those who fulfilled his demand in return in cash or kind.
However, as no one from the PMO was examined by CBI, the court feels that it can’t be ascertained that PM was actually misled or misinformed. The court said,
“There is no material on record to indicate that the Prime Minister was misled or the facts were misrepresented to him.”
As per the court, there was no clarity in the guidelines of spectrum allocation and policies which further aggravated the matter as even many officials of DoT were not clear about them. The court stated,
“When the officers of the department themselves do not understand the departmental guidelines and their glossary, how can they blame companies/ others for violation of the same?”
Twitter has strongly reacted to the verdict as the scam has taken place and if all the accused are released, it’s quite clear that the justice has not prevailed. Here are few selected tweets:
Sarcasm at its best:
Things that never happened:
– Hit & Run
– Killing of Jessica Lal
– Killing of Black Buck
– Killing of Aarushi Talwar
– Congress President Elections
– Cross border terrorism by Pakistan
– 2G Scam#2GScamVerdict— Krishna (@Atheist_Krishna) December 21, 2017
2 minutes of silence:
2 min silence for those who used their vote for BJP in 2014 and thought that they have voted against corruption#2GScamVerdict
— తెలంగాణవాసి (Modi Ka Parivar) (@CosmicChandan) December 21, 2017
Driverless car & scamless politicians:
#2GScamVerdict : Court Acquits All Accused In 2G Scam. India Is Only Country With Driverless Car And Scamless Politicians. Hail Judiciary. 🙏🇮🇳#ARaja pic.twitter.com/BIEg5DPhSR
— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) December 21, 2017
Remembering Gormint Aunty:
https://twitter.com/Atheist_Krishna/status/943730322734178305
Two types of Indian judiciary:
Pic 1: Indian Judiciary for the Poor.
Pic 2: Indian Judiciary for Rich & Politicians.#2GScamVerdict pic.twitter.com/XTfcJzZizE
— Krishna (@Atheist_Krishna) December 21, 2017
Here we have the culprit:
https://twitter.com/AsYouNotWish/status/943741530883350528
Or this one?
https://twitter.com/WrongDoc/status/943714607385821184
A jibe at Vijay Mallya:
Vijay Mallya on his way to India after hearing #2GScamVerdict 😀😀 pic.twitter.com/tTtCZhGX2o
— Sandeep Dinesh 🇮🇳 (@Sandeep605) December 21, 2017
Sadly true:
A Raja to Indian Judiciary#2GScamVerdict pic.twitter.com/tGCygQUVl2
— Deewan. (@NKDeewan) December 21, 2017
So this is the reason?
https://twitter.com/iSwetaSinghAT/status/943721370629705729
Bitter truth:
The problem with India is that criminals have more confidence in judiciary than the public.
— The Lying Lama 2.0 (@KyaUkhaadLega) December 21, 2017
Can anyone answer?
If No One Is Guilty And There Was No Scam Why Did Supreme Court Cancel 122 Telecom Licences Issued In January 2008 By Then Telecom Minister #ARaja? Who IS Responsible? No One Looted Rs 1760000000000? RIP Judiciary. #2GSpectrum #2GScamVerdict #ARaja pic.twitter.com/Mx4TBdMBEj
— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) December 21, 2017
Congress right now:
Congress Party Right Now. #2GScamVerdict 😂😭 pic.twitter.com/zIQJkhlxkS
— Pankaj 🐦🇮🇳 (@Memes_ka_diwana) December 21, 2017
This happens only in India:
So this is India. Here if you have money you don't have to care about killing a Jessica or Arushi or a black buck or drive the car over people sleeping on pavments or scam the 2g spectrum.
If you don't have money you better stay clean honey. #2GScamVerdict— Heer.txt (@m_hiral) December 21, 2017
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