After the rap from supreme court in the telephone tapping case, Amar Singh on Thursday claimed that the CDs containing his purported conversations with politicians, Bollywood stars and corporate honchos were "concocted".

He also claimed that the supreme court order lifting gag order on their broadcast and publication would encourage people to use illegal means tap private conversations in the future.

The supreme court on Wednesday lifted the five-year old gag on CDs containing his tapped conversations in which he is heard talking to politicians, bollywood stars and corporate bigwigs and purportedly fixing deals.

Admitting that the voice in the CD was his, he said since his phone being tapped for a year, the people behind it had a "bank" of his voice samples which were "concocted and doctored" to create the CDs.

"My voice is there in the CDs but it has been cut and pasted and edited," he said.

Singh lamented that the supreme court was silent on those who had actually carried out the tapping and said the government should have been asked to carry out the investigation.

He said contrary to expectations, he was happy that the gag order has been lifted. "I am not a saint. But I am neither a villain as is being projected," he said.

Singh also said he had not sought the gag order, but it was the then chief justice of India who had ordered a ban on broadcast and publication of the contents of the CDs.

He said though the apex court has allowed him to file a case against Reliance Infocom for illegally tapping his phone, he would not exercise the option.

"I will not file a case against Reliance as they were misled into believing that the security agencies have authorised them to tap my phones," Singh told a press conference in New Delhi.

Singh, who was expelled from the Samajwadi Party, claimed that the SC order lifting the gag would create a "wide field" and people using illegal means can tap all sorts of conversations.

He said even the proceedings of the supreme court collegium can be tapped using bugs "because there is no gag now".