CBI arrests A Raja: Has it taken too long?

The CBI today arrested former telecom minister A Raja and his aides RK Chandolia and S Behura for the 2G scam.

In an interview with CNBC-TV18, Telecom Entrepreneur and Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrashekar and Prashant Bhushan, who heads the centre for public interest litigation, who's filed the other petition in the Supreme Court in the 2G row, speak about the issue and give their outlook going forward. Below is a verbatim transcript of the exclusive interview on CNBC-TV18. Also watch the accompanying videos. Q: Let me first begin by getting your reaction on what has happened, we have seen a former telecom minister being arrested, the former telecom secretary Siddharth Behuria being arrested. We can perhaps quibble about the timing, whether it has taken too long etc, but clearly it seems as if the government is serious? Chandrasekar: The first thing that we must realise that this is a consequence of the Supreme Court supervise, their investigation. So, I think the government here has had very little to do with it. The government