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PTI | Raipur | Updated: 31-12-2018 20:33 IST | Created: 31-12-2018 20:33 IST
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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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