New Delhi, Feb. 5: The Janata Party chief, Mr Subramanian Swamy, on Saturday pleaded for continuance of his complaint against the former telecom minister, Mr A. Raja, in the 2G spectrum case before a Delhi court, which asked him whether there can be “parallel proceedings” in a criminal case when the CBI was taking action and investigating the matter against the accused persons at present.
After the arrest of Mr Raja by the CBI, Mr Swamy pleaded before the court that his complaint has the wider dimension of national security.
He also intended to file an application seeking impleadment of the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Dr M. Karunanidhi, as an accused in his complaint.
Dr Swamy was responding to a query of the Special Judge, Mr Pradeep Chaddah, as how parallel proceedings can continue on the same issue when “media reports” suggested that the CBI was probing the case and has also arrested Mr Raja and two other top officials in the case.
Mr Swamy, during the arguments, said the scope of the private complaint was much wider than what is being investigated upon by CBI and as per his knowledge, the complaint also involves concerns of national security and involvement of Mr Karunanidhi.