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New Delhi, Jul 2: AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa blamed Union minister A Raja, for threatening the Madras High Court Justice R Regupathi to deliver favourable judgement to release medical student petitioner and his father.

Jaya in a statement said, "Though the honourable judge refrained from naming the Union minister, it does not require any super-human intelligence to conclude that it was none other than the telecom scam-tainted A Raja."

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She also added that this was for the first time, that a high court judge was accusing a Union minister of threatening him and such a minister needs to be sacked from the Union Cabinet.

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