Congress demands apology from PM Modi, Arun Jaitley,Amit shah

New Delhi, Dec 22: After the 2G spectrum case verdict, the Congress on Thursday said that truth has finally prevailed and demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley apologize to the nation for the BJP's alleged "propaganda and lies" on the issue.

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh, whose UPA-II government was rocked by the 2G scam, said the court judgment needs to be respected as it has "pronounced that the massive propaganda" unleashed against his government was without any foundation.

"We respect the court's judgment. I do not want to boast (about) anything. I think the court's judgment has to be respected.

"I am glad that the court has pronounced unambiguously that all this massive propaganda which was being done against the UPA was without any foundation," Singh said.

"Will all those people, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Arun Jaitley and other BJP leaders, who for years made false propaganda and lies their stepping stone to come to power, apologise to the country," he told reporters.

Alleging that the BJP stands exposed for conspiring against the Congress, Surjewala said Modi, Jaitley and the BJP should publicly apologize to the 125 crore people of the country.

Congress spokesperson Tom Vadakkan said the 2G verdict will remain a "black mark" in the history of CAG and Rai should be prosecuted.

Former telecom minister A Raja and DMK MP Kanimozhi were on Thursday acquitted by a special court in the 2G spectrum scam case. Fifteen other accused in the case and three companies were also acquitted.