Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday said there was “101 percent” political interference in the AgustaWestland helicopters deal, and added that the then defence minister AK Antony “did not have the guts” to order a CBI probe in time.
In an interview to IANS, the Defence Minister also said that he never named Congress president Sonia Gandhi as an accused as there is no evidence so far.
I never named Sonia Gandhi. I never named her in the debate. I said big leaders like Sonia Gandhi are named in the judgment. But I did not name her as an accused of corruption...Investigation has to reveal that; how do you expect the ministry of defence to find out. I do not have the resources to find that out... Police should find that out; it’s the CBI’s job, not mine.