Congress accuses BJP government of hypocrisy for seeking permission to give away spectrum without auction, contrary to 2012 SC judgement.

The Congress party accused the BJP-led government's "hypocrisy" for seeking permission from the Supreme Court to give away spectrum without an auction, after previously calling the administrative allocation of 2G spectrum under the UPA government a "scam". The government's recent move contradicts the 2012 Supreme Court judgement backing auction as the preferred method of allocating telecom spectrum.