NEW DELHI: The BJP Sunday accused the Congress of "defending" Christian Michel, an alleged middleman within the AgustaWestland chopper scam, and asked why it was "scared" of investigation into the case.
The ruling celebration also condemned the Congress for allegedly giving a political colour to the issue and asked why the title of a Gandhi family member cropped up on every occasion a foreigner was caught for corruption.
BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi alleged that the Congress was "jittery" since Michel's extradition and its fears have been obvious because it sought to provide cover to him in court.
"Ever since Michael was brought back to India, the Congress expectedly is nervous and jittery and that is coming to the fore, as was evident at its press conference today," Trivedi advised newshounds.
Asking why the Congress was "scared" of investigation, he mentioned the opposition celebration must allow the legislation to take its due course and the reality about corruption within the case would must pop out.
"I want to ask a pertinent question, whenever in the last 30-32 years the names of any foreign national cropped up in corruption cases in India, be it Anderson, Ottavio Quattrochi, Guido Haschke or Christian Michel, why were all of them found to be linked with the Gandhi family....why are they linked to a member of the Gandhi family," he asked.
Trivedi mentioned the question is whether or not there was corruption within the AugustaWestland case and mentioned that the CBI probe was ordered via the UPA govt itself.
The BJP chief mentioned the issue of the corruption was raised within the Italian govt and likewise within the courts there.
"This issue was not a political one. There was corruption in the purchase of the helicopters which is linked to national security," he claimed.
"Why are you petrified of investigation... Those who have been tough probe into monetary scams are keeping press conferences to Michel's defence, in a way.
"We condemn the Congress for giving a political colour to the investigation process and ask them to let there be a good probe into the topic," he mentioned.
Asked in regards to the Congress' charge of the Modi govt finishing AgustaWestland's blacklisting and allowing them to bid for Navy choppers, the BJP spokesperson mentioned no questions have been raised at the high quality of the plane manufactured via those companies, however at the corruption within the deals.
Trivedi also cited the instance of Bofors guns, pronouncing they have been discovered to be of fine high quality and "that does not imply that the entire corruption of their purchase will also be unnoticed".
The ruling celebration also condemned the Congress for allegedly giving a political colour to the issue and asked why the title of a Gandhi family member cropped up on every occasion a foreigner was caught for corruption.
BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi alleged that the Congress was "jittery" since Michel's extradition and its fears have been obvious because it sought to provide cover to him in court.
"Ever since Michael was brought back to India, the Congress expectedly is nervous and jittery and that is coming to the fore, as was evident at its press conference today," Trivedi advised newshounds.
Asking why the Congress was "scared" of investigation, he mentioned the opposition celebration must allow the legislation to take its due course and the reality about corruption within the case would must pop out.
"I want to ask a pertinent question, whenever in the last 30-32 years the names of any foreign national cropped up in corruption cases in India, be it Anderson, Ottavio Quattrochi, Guido Haschke or Christian Michel, why were all of them found to be linked with the Gandhi family....why are they linked to a member of the Gandhi family," he asked.
Trivedi mentioned the question is whether or not there was corruption within the AugustaWestland case and mentioned that the CBI probe was ordered via the UPA govt itself.
The BJP chief mentioned the issue of the corruption was raised within the Italian govt and likewise within the courts there.
"This issue was not a political one. There was corruption in the purchase of the helicopters which is linked to national security," he claimed.
"Why are you petrified of investigation... Those who have been tough probe into monetary scams are keeping press conferences to Michel's defence, in a way.
"We condemn the Congress for giving a political colour to the investigation process and ask them to let there be a good probe into the topic," he mentioned.
Asked in regards to the Congress' charge of the Modi govt finishing AgustaWestland's blacklisting and allowing them to bid for Navy choppers, the BJP spokesperson mentioned no questions have been raised at the high quality of the plane manufactured via those companies, however at the corruption within the deals.
Trivedi also cited the instance of Bofors guns, pronouncing they have been discovered to be of fine high quality and "that does not imply that the entire corruption of their purchase will also be unnoticed".
Congress defending Christian Michel, alleges BJP
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