Meanwhile, former Telecom Minister A Raja has told the Joint Parliamentary Committee that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was in the loop vis-a-vis the policy decisions taken by his ministry. In a 17-page note, dated March 13, in response to a JPC questionnaire, the DMK leader also said that then External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee was also kept informed about the licencing policy. Raja said he had exchanged letters with the Prime Minister in 2007 with regard to different issues related to the telecom sector and also held personal discussions with him. Giving details of the events in the run up to the allocation in January 2008, Raja said Vahanvati, the then Solicitor-General, was also present during these discussions as same issues were the subject of litigation before the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal.
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