A Raja the former Telecom Minister who spent 15 months in jail has written a tell all memoir, "In My Defense," . In this he pushes his claim that he was made the fall guy for decisions that were sanctioned by then Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and policies that he insists were collectively shaped by top ministers like P Chidambaram and Pranab Mukherjee as India turned into one of the world's largest markets of cellphone services because of the low cost to customers. He is ready to go public his version of one of India's biggest corruption scandals. The 53-year-old's account of the scam that forced his resignation has been been cleared by leaders of his party, the DMK, and is now being finalised by his publishers for release in November.

 

Raja, who has represented himself in the ongoing trial in Delhi, describes the telecom scam in his memoir as "a by-product of corporate wars and institutional abrasions." In 2010, he quit as Telecom Minister and was jailed just three months later. Mr Raja claims that months before the 2G licenses were allotted, he met with the PM to complain about "those who want to buy me" - his description of corporates and cabinet ministers who were allegedly pressuring him to delay the process.  Dr Singh has always said he urged Mr Raja to hold a bidding process.