Make Bofors papers public: Cong MPs

NEW DELHI, May 6: Taking strong objection to former Army Chief General K Sundarji8217;s utterances on Rajiv Gandhi and the Bofors episode and 8220;selective quotations from the Bofors documents8221;, several Congress MPs today demanded that the entire Bofors papers be made public and investigations pursued to its logical conclusion.

8220;The V P Singh Government had tabled the June 1987 note of Rajiv Gandhi which shows that Chief of the Army staff had been asked to evaluate the security implications of the cancellation of the deal. The then Chief of Army staff did not answer any of the questions put to him and chose to repeatedly give only political advice,8221; the Congress MPs said in a joint statement. 8220;It is well known that the same Chief of Army staff had also nearly involved us in conflicts with two of our neighbours at the same time. It was only intervention at the highest political level which controlled the situation,8221; the MPs pointed out, describing General Sundarji8217;s recent statements as 8220;highly irresponsible8221;.

8220;Selective quotations from the Bofors documents, as made in the past by V P Singh, will only serve to muddy the waters rather than bring out the truth. We demand that the entire Bofors documentation be made public and that the Bofors investigation be pursued to its logical conclusion.8221;