The Bharatiya Janata Party, on Wednesday, accused the previous UPA government of “twisting norms” in the process of procuring VVIP choppers from AgustaWestland.
Quoting the letter written by Christian Michel that was also quoted by the Italian court, BJP MP Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday said:
Senior Member of Congress Ahmed Patel – Sonia Gandhi’s political secretary, whose name came up frequently in the Rajya Sabha – on Wednesday, said the Congress wants the Supreme Court to monitor the AgustaWestland investigation.
An entry of “AP” in the letter was a stand-in for Sonia Gandhi’s political secretary, Ahmed Patel, according to Italian prosecutors.
Referring to the Parrikar’s reply in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, Patel said the answer was not satisfactory.
Former Defence Minister AK Antony, who said in the Rajya Sabha that the decision to change the height of the chopper’s roof was taken during NDA regime, said:
Quoting an official release from a meeting in February 2003 which was called by the Principal Secretary of then Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, AK Antony said in the Rajya Sabha that the decisions related to the change in the height of flight and the height of the cabinet was made in 2003 when the NDA regime was in power.
A senior member of Congress, Jairam Ramesh said at an India Today debate that Subramanian Swamy has refused to authenticate the letter he was reading.
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