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BJP, Left want government's explanation on Bofors revelations
Wednesday April 25, 2012 06:37:15 PM,
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 Bofors resurrected, Congress on mat over Quattrochchi again
The Bofors ghost returned to haunt the Congress Wednesday with former
Swedish police chief Sten Lindstrom giving a clean chit to the
late Rajiv Gandhi in the payoff scandal but also saying that he
just "watched the massive cover-up" and the guilty,
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New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and
the Left Wednesday demanded an explanation from the government on
former Swedish police chief Sten Lindstrom's revelations on the
Bofors payoff scandal, including the safe passage to main accused
Ottavio Quattrochchi.
The BJP said it had always questioned the safe passage to Italian
businessman Quattrochchi in the Rs.1,500 crore Bofors gun deal in
the 1980s.
"The entire government of late Rajiv Gandhi was out to secure
Ottavio Quattrochchi. What was his link with the government and
with the Gandhi family that the entire government was there to
bail him out... it is a serious matter," said BJP leader Ravi
Shankar Prasad.
"The way Quattrochchi was helped to move out of the country gave a
clear indication of the government's intention. We have always
raised the question on Quattrochchi. The government must look into
the issue again," added his colleague Rajiv Pratap Rudy.
The Communist Party of India (CPI) sought the government's
response on Lindstrom's revelations.
"The government and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) cannot
ignore this revelation. They have to come forward with a response
on how Quattrochchi was allowed or could go scott free or could
have a safe passage from India," said CPI leader D. Raja.
In an interview to website thehoot.org, Lindstrom, who had
operated under pseudonym Swedish Deep Throat, said there was no
evidence to show that Gandhi had taken a bribe in the Bofors deal
but he didn't stop the cover-up to protect Quattrochi.
Lindstrom also said that the case against actor and then Congress
MP Amitabh Bachchan and his family was planted in Swedish
newspaper Dagens Nyheter by Indian investigators.
"We knew the truth 25 years back but justice takes its own time
and our stand has been vindicated," said Rajya Sabha member Jaya
Bachchan.
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