Vindicated by the acquittal of all accused in the alleged 2G spectrum scam case, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said the entire case was a “massive propaganda” against his government.

Talking to reporters outside Parliament, Manmohan Singh said: “We respect the court judgment… It was a massive propaganda against the UPA government. It was a conspiracy.”

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Former UPA ministers Kapil Sibal, Manish Tewari and Veerappa Moily say former CAG Vinod Rai — who had pegged the loss to the exchequer at Rs.1.76 lakh crore — should be held accountable now.

The 2G spectrum allocation scam had rocked the UPA government and damaged the squeaky clean image of Manmohan Singh under whose watch the alleged scam took place.

A Delhi court acquitted all the accused in the alleged multi-thousand crore rupee 2G spectrum scandal, DMK MP Knaimozhi, who was also acquitted in the case, said that finally their innocence had been proved.

Special Judge OP Saini acquitted all the accused, including then Telecom Minister A. Raja and DMK MP Kanimohi, in both the cases filed by the CBI and Enforcement Directorate (ED).

The alleged scam on the issuance of licences and allocation of 2G spectrum by the Department of Telecom occurred during the Congress-led UPA government’s first tenure in 2008 but was widely reported in 2010 following a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG).