A Raja

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A. Raja comes from a modest Tamil-Dalit family.In his childhood, he had to daily travel to Tiruchirappalli for his education due to the lack of facilities in his hometown.He was the student leader of the Dravidar Kazhagam, the parent body of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK).He made his mark as a Dalit block level leader and climbed quickly, as he was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1996.His catchline Oru kilo arisi oru rupa, oru hello 50 paisa (1 kg rice one rupee, a hello on the phone 50 paisa), was quite popular in his election campaigns.Earlier, he used to represent Perambalur, but later, he represented the Nilgiris constituency in Tamil Nadu.In 2008, he hit headlines for his wrongdoings in the allocation of license for the 2G bandwidth in 2007 soon after he took over as the Minister Of Communications & Information Technology. A. Raja in Police Custody.According to reports, he received INR 3,000 crore as a bribe extent the last date for applications from 25 September 2007 to 1 October 2007.Initially, the Tamil media didnt give much coverage on the spectrum scam or the 2G tapes. Only Dinamani (from the New Indian Express group) reported the scam.He never felt guilty for his offenses and, instead, claimed that he did a revolution and in return, he was branded as a criminal.