Cong accuses BJP of politicising Bofors issue

Accused the opposition BJP of politicizing the Bofors issue once again,the Congress said that not even a shred of evidence has been found in the last 23 years.

Accused the opposition BJP of politicizing the Bofors issue once again,the Congress said on Tuesday that not even a shred of evidence has been found in the last 23 years.

“Bofors has been the political agenda of our opponents. In 23 years,not a shred of evidence has been produced which can lead to prosecution,” party spokesman Anand Sharma told reporters in New Delhi.

Sharma also ridiculed BJP leader Arun Jaitley’s statement that the saffron party would set up a commission to look into the functioning of the CBI after it withdrew the Red Corner Notice against Bofors case accused Ottavio Quattrocchi.

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“When he was the ASG,he went criss-crossing the world with two other officials to find evidence in the case. Then he was the Union Law Minister when the Delhi High Court dismissed the case,” said Sharma,questioning Jaitley as to why the then NDA government did not go for an appeal against the High Court order.

“Millions of dollars of the country was spent but not even a shred of evidence was found,” said Sharma,who is also the Minister of State for External Affairs.

Referring to the withdrawal of Red Corner notice against Quattrocchi,Sharma said in Malaysia,four appeals were made against the Italian businessman but the government lost all of them.