The AgustaWestland helicopter deal has returned to haunt both Houses of Parliament, following the Italian High Court’s judgement in which Congress leaders have been mentioned adversely. The BJP has produced an array of documents that supposedly expose the Congress leaders’ complicity in receiving kickbacks.
The Congress, on the other hand, has dared the BJP to file charges in court against Sonia Gandhi and Ahmed Patel. Sticking close to their recent fondness for the Congress, the JDU, the CPI, the CPI(M), the BSP and the SP have sought an independent inquiry to punish the guilty. Basically, the opposition argument to the Narendra Modi government is that you raked up the pay-offs issue and therefore it is your responsibility to identify the thieves and prosecute them.
These acrimonious exchanges are actually meaningless.
No inquiry conducted by the CBI, SIT or a Supreme Court judge will ever be able to link the suspects directly to the bribe. For that, you need video/audio recording of the ‘event’ and documentary proof such as receipts which no ‘veteran’ will ever oblige you with.