At a roundtable with television editors in his home on Wednesday morning, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said there were complaints "from all sides" about the way former Telecom Minister A Raja had distributed 2G spectrum but he was "not in a position" to make up his mind if anything was seriously wrong.

Singh said he had made his concerns clear to A Raja on 2G spectrum allocation but was assured by Raja -- "on the same day" -- that he was doing nothing wrong and that his methods were "absolutely transparent".

Singh also said though he had conveyed his unease to Raja about 2G, he did not press further for auction after the Ministries of Telecom and Finance agreed to go by the prevailing system of first-come first-served. This decision was also supported by expert bodies like the TRAI and the Telecom Commission, he said.

The Prime Minister's meet comes amid increasing clamour that he speak on scams that have tainted the second term of the UPA government.

The Prime Minister assured the country that his government was "dead serious" on bringing to book all wrongdoers "regardless of their positions" in the 2G spectrum, CWG, ISRO and Adarsh scams.

Singh defended himself on Wednesday against accusations his government was a lame duck, saying it was trying to bring justice in some of the country's biggest corruption scandals in decades.

"Whatever some people may say, that we are a lame duck government, that I am a lame duck Prime Minister, we take our job very seriously. We are here to govern, and to govern effectively. Tackle the problems as they arise and get this country moving forward," he said.

Still on 2G, Singh said the issue of licences were never brought before him or the Cabinet.

The Prime Minister asserted that he was "not afraid of appearing before any committee, including a JPC". "I will be quite happy to appear before any committee," he said.

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