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The BJP in Chhattisgarh Monday
sought "clarification" of Congress president Rahul Gandhi on
"revelations" made by Christian Michel, an alleged middleman
in the AgustaWestland case.
State unit BJP president Dharamlal Kaushik has accused
Congress of "committing corruption" in every defence deal
during its tenure at the Centre.
Addressing a press conference here, Kaushik said
Congress is afraid of getting "exposed" since the Modi
government successfully extradited Michel to India.
"The allegations levelled against Congress in the
AgustaWestland chopper scam are being substantiated by the
revelations being made by Michel. Michel took names of 'Mrs
Gandhi' and 'R' (as per Enforcement Directorate). There is no
need to tell who 'Mrs Gandhi' and 'R' are," he said.
Those who call the "chowkidar" (as Prime Minister
Narendra Modi addresses himself) a thief are now being proved
to be the real thieves, he said.
"Congress' involvement in every kind of defence scam
in the country in known to everyone, and it is not a new
thing. Be it the Bofors or Agusta, in every case Congress has
been facing serious charges of receiving kickbacks," he said.
I ask Rahul Gandhi to clarify his stand on Michel's
reference to 'Mrs Gandhi' and 'R', he said.
"Bribe to the tune of multi-crore rupees was unearthed
in the VVIP chopper deal. The Italian court also believed that
politicians and bureaucrats in India were given a bribe of
Rs 15 million dollars to push the deal.
"The court had pointed out that UPA chairperson Sonia
Gandhi had played a key role in the deal," he claimed.
In the context of Rafale aircraft deal (of the BJP
government), Rahul Gandhi had been favouring HAL (Hindustan
Aeronautics Limited) while the same public sector company was
neglected in the VVIP helicopter deal, Kaushik said.
He said, "Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi have
well-maintained the tradition of committing corruption by
Congress in defence deals and carried out an institutional
scam in the Agusta deal through middlemen".
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