New Delhi: BJP today reacted strongly to Telecom Minister A Raja's statement that there was no question of his resignation over the Spectrum allocation controversy, saying as long as the DMK leader continued in office, the government could not free itself from the "taint of corruption".

Sources said the CBI, which is investigating the case, had committed a lapse by under-calculating the amount of "corruption" involved in the 2-G spectrum allocation.

"If he (A Raja) continues in office, the government could not free itself from the taint of corruption," senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley said in reply to a question.

Jaitley refuted Raja's argument that he had followed telecom regulator TRAI guidelines in the allocation of 2-G Spectrum.

"TRAI had said that the entry fee determined in 2001 is not the realistic price for obtaining the license.

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