Cong spares none in seeking Bofors apology

Asked whether this list included former prime minister V.P. Singh and former Opposition leaders who are now part of the UPA coalition, she said, ‘‘We are leaving none. This includes a wide spectrum.’’ Natarajan alleged that Opposition leaders ‘‘have deliberately misled an entire nation…They raked up a campaign against Rajiv Gandhi without a scrap of evidence. Besides, they spent Rs 250 crore to investigate unsubstantiated and baseless charges.’

Meanwhile, BJP general secretary Arun Jaitley demanded the CBI challenge the HC decision and not give in to “political pressure’’.

Jaitley denied that not much progress was registered even when the NDA was in power.

According to him, examples of how successive Congress governments put pressure on the CBI to sabotage the case included the fact that an FIR was not registered till the Congress was ousted from power in 1989.

CBI officials, who say ther are examining the courts order before deciding the next course of action, have denied the agency spent Rs 250 crore to probe the Bofors deal. Senior CBI officials said that maximum that could have been spent may be more than a few crores.