New Delhi: Opposition on Saturday said the trial court verdict granting relief to Home Minister P Chidambaram would not change the "corrupt" image of the government, and the recent court orders on the 2G scam shall have "far reaching" implications on its collective functioning.
"This verdict will not change the corrupt image of the government or the intensity of our campaign...The issue of political accountability of Chidambaram remains alive...We will continue to raise the matter of his accountability before the nation," BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said in New Delhi.
Maintaining that "there is overwhelming evidence of corruption" in the grant of 2G licences, he said there was "enough evidence against Chidambaram in public domain...The BJP shall continue to pursue the matter before the people of the nation."
Another BJP leader Jaswant Singh said, "I don't think it is a disappointment, because it is not the end of the story".
"We cannot lose sight of the fact that the Supreme Court has cancelled 122 licences because it was a scam and there was corruption. The licences were allotted arbitrarily and after manipulation of policy," Prasad also said.
Maintaining that a "protracted legal battle" would now follow on Chidambaram's alleged involvement, CPM leader Nilotpal Basu said the apex court order cancelling 122 2G licenses had quoted "government's own policy paper to say the then Finance Minister was jointly responsible for the pricing of spectrum".
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