November 05, 2024 09:18 (IST)
Govt saving Congress top brass in Augusta?: Kejriwal
New Delhi, Apr 28 (IBNS) Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday questioned that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Centre government whether it was saving the Congress over the AugustaWestland chopper deal.
"Why is the PM silent on Augusta? First BJP spared Vadra, now protecting entire Congress top brass in Augusta?" Kejriwal tweeted.
"Shudn't those named in Italy court order be immediately arrested n interrogated? मà¥à¤à¤ªà¥‡ CBI की रेड कराई। पर कोंगà¥à¤°à¥‡à¤¸à¥€à¤¯à¥‹à¤‚ पर रेड नहीं करा रहे? (CBI raids were conducted on me. But why no raids have been conducted on Congress party leaders?"
"Shudn't those named in Italy court order be immediately arrested n interrogated? मà¥à¤à¤ªà¥‡ CBI की रेड कराई। पर कोंगà¥à¤°à¥‡à¤¸à¥€à¤¯à¥‹à¤‚ पर रेड नहीं करा रहे? (CBI raids were conducted on me. But why no raids have been conducted on Congress party leaders?"
As turmoil continued to prevail in Parliament over the AugustaWestland chopper deal, BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Thursday had a face-off with Congress members after he made a controversial comment in the Rajya Sabha throwing the house in an uproar.
Leading the charge charge from the Centre’s side over the AgustaWestland chopper scam, Swamy said, "I have no problem with the minority institutions. But Article doesn't promote financing minority institution. You don't know Constitution; you know Italian Constitution," he said -his barb directed at Congress members.
All the Congress members raised a hue and cry protesting Swamy's comment which, however, was expunged by the Rajya Sabha chair.
Senior Congress member Jairam Ramesh said Swamy provocatively brought reference to Italian Constitution.
Leader of the Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad said, "This man (Subramanian Swamy) doesn't understand difference between words used in streets and ones used in Parliament."
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Swamy on Wednesday had named Congress Pesident Sonia Gandhi linking her to the chopper case in which alleged payoffs were made.
An Italian court investigated the contract because Agusta's parent company is Finmeccanica, an Italian defence manufacturer, and decided that vast amounts of bribes were routed to India by company executives to land the deal for 12 VVIP helicopters for about Rs. 3,600 crore.
The deal was cancelled by India in 2014 after the Italians began investigating it, a point the Congress is flashing in its defence along with the fact that AgustaWestland has not been banned by the new government from bidding for new defence deals.
The Congress made its own demand for a discussion on AgustaWestland demanding to know why the defence manufacturer accused of corruption was taken off a blacklist by the Narendra Modi government.
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