Final word has not been said: CPI-M

Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Nilotpal Basu said on Saturday that the final word has been said in connection with the order given by the trial court that dismissed the petition to make Union Home Minister P Chidambaram a co-accused in the 2G scam case.

"We believe in all probability it will go up to higher level of judiciary. The final word has not been said," Basu told a news channel.

He also said that the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should make a statement on the issue.

"PM should also make a statement," he said.

The petition to make Union Home Minister P Chidambaram a co-accused in the 2G scam case was dismissed by a trial court on Saturday, bringing huge relief to the senior leader and the ruling UPA government.

Judge OP Saini said the petition by Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy "stands dismissed."

"I am surprised," was the immediate reaction of petitioner and Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy, who said "if I lose in one court I go and appeal in another court."

"I am not disappointed. No question of disappointment when we are in a battle royal fighting corruption," he said, adding that "I will appeal against it."

"I have a very, very strong case that both Mr Chidambaram and Mr Raja made the decisions (on 2G licencing)," he said.

Swamy said Chidambaram has to be vindicated in every court.

Congress also reacted. Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said: "We were expecting this. The allegations had political motives."

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also reacted saying it is the verdict of the first court only.

"In matter of 2G often the lower court verdicts were overruled by the upper courts," said BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad, adding that he would make detailed comment after going into the details of the judgement.

He said that Supreme Court quashed 122 telecom licences in the 2G case cannot be ignored.