New Delhi, Jul 26 (PTI): Former Telecom Minister A Raja today dragged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh again in the 2G case, alleging he too could be held guilty of “conspiracy” and dereliction of duty for not forming a GoM to examine the spectrum allocation issue.

Raja's submission before a court came just hours after the DMK MP said he did not seek to implicate Manmohan Singh and former finance minister P Chidambaram in the 2G case on the basis of his arguments yesterday.

“Just because he (Prime Minister) ignored it, no GoM (Group of Ministers) was constituted. By that standard, Prime Minister was also in conspiracy so far as dereliction of duty is concerned. It was his (PM's) judgment that GoM was not required.” Raja said while concluding his arguments opposing the corruption and other penal charges against him.

47-year-old Raja, who is behind bars for nearly six months, said he deserves to be discharged from the case as the allegations against him are not established at all.

He sought his “forthwith release” terming his judicial custody as an “illegal detention”.

Earlier in the day, Raja pleaded to the court to make Chidambaram a witness in the case. He also said he had not sought to implicate the Prime Minister or the Home Minister in the matter and put the blame on the media.

Raja also vehemently denied forging any press release issued by the Department of Telecom in the 2G case, asserting that it was duly approved by the then Solicitor General Goolam E Vahanvati.

Refuting allegations of any forgery in the press release, Raja made the arguments relating to SG personally, saying even Vahanvati, before becoming a prosecution witness, had been defending it (the press release).