New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday said Home Minister P. Chidambaram should be in jail with A. Raja for his alleged involvement in the 2G spectrum scam.


“The proof against Chidambaram is overwhelming. The government has been soft on Chidambaram. Chidambaram's place is where A. Raja is, the same cell in Tihar Jail,” BJP leader Yashwant Sinha told reporters here.

He also said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh acted on Chidambaram's advice on the 2G spectrum allocation, and his silence showed his approval.

“I admire A. Raja. He informed the prime minister at every step. He even informed the prime minister about advancing date of licences being issued.

“The prime minister will defend Chidambaram because if Chidambaram is touched, the prime minister will be touched. Like with Raja, when Chidambaram goes to jail, he (Manmohan Singh) will stop defending Chidambaram and will start defending only himself,” he added.

Meanwhile, BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said the 2G scam occurred because the prime minister allowed the "loot".

"The 2G scam is not only DMK scam but of the whole Congress and UPA (United Progressive Alliance) government. Prime minister was not only a mute spectator but he allowed the loot," Javadekar told reporters in Gurgaon.

Chidambaram was the finance minister at the time the spectrum was allocated in 2008.

The opposition's demands come after Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy Wednesday submitted to the Supreme Court documents indicating that Chidambaram was involved in deciding the 2G spectrum price along with jailed former communications minister A. Raja.

The documents filed by Swamy include a communication of Jan 30, 2008, by the department of economic affairs of the finance ministry recording the gist of a meeting between Chidambaram and Raja.