Congress strikes back, lists NiMo, LaMo & Subrata Roy cases
TNN | Dec 7, 2018, 02:15 ISTNEW DELHI: Accusing BJP leaders of backing a string of fraudsters, Congress said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should sack his senior ministers and party colleagues who have regularly fought in courts for fugitives and financial offenders facing law.
The strong counter attack against the ruling party came in the wake of BJP making an issue of a lawyer with Congress links arguing the case of AgustaWestland accused Christian Michel.
AICC spokesman Jaiveer Shergill said, “If BJP is linking Congress with Michel on the basis of a lawyer, they should answer on finance minister Arun Jaitley's family members taking fees from Mehul Choksi-Nirav Modi, Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad representing Subrata Roy and Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje giving an affidavit in favour of fugitive Lalit Modi in London.”
Shergill said Jaitley had also represented stock scam accused Ketan Parekh and Union Carbide blamed for the Bhopal gas tragedy in which over 3,500 persons died.
“BJP is a one stop shop which provides full service to scamsters and fraudsters by acting as their adviser, lawyer, boarding pass agents, ticket agents, and police protection agents,” he added.
Congress claimed it considered representing Michel as indiscipline which was the reason for expelling Aljo Joseph from Youth Congress. “It is indiscipline because Congress was the complainant and the prosecutor against Agusta Westland and played the lead part in exposing the corruption,” Shergill said.
Slamming PM Modi for “acting holier than thou” in Agusta case, Shergill said UPA opened the case in Agusta deal and blacklisted the firm while recovering more money than was paid to the company.
In contrast, he said the Modi government watched quietly while the Italian courts twice ruled that there was no case of corruption in the deal. Shergill asked why has the Modi government not filed an appeal in the higher courts in Italy against the exoneration by lower courts of the country.
The strong counter attack against the ruling party came in the wake of BJP making an issue of a lawyer with Congress links arguing the case of AgustaWestland accused Christian Michel.
AICC spokesman Jaiveer Shergill said, “If BJP is linking Congress with Michel on the basis of a lawyer, they should answer on finance minister Arun Jaitley's family members taking fees from Mehul Choksi-Nirav Modi, Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad representing Subrata Roy and Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje giving an affidavit in favour of fugitive Lalit Modi in London.”
Shergill said Jaitley had also represented stock scam accused Ketan Parekh and Union Carbide blamed for the Bhopal gas tragedy in which over 3,500 persons died.
“BJP is a one stop shop which provides full service to scamsters and fraudsters by acting as their adviser, lawyer, boarding pass agents, ticket agents, and police protection agents,” he added.
Congress claimed it considered representing Michel as indiscipline which was the reason for expelling Aljo Joseph from Youth Congress. “It is indiscipline because Congress was the complainant and the prosecutor against Agusta Westland and played the lead part in exposing the corruption,” Shergill said.
Slamming PM Modi for “acting holier than thou” in Agusta case, Shergill said UPA opened the case in Agusta deal and blacklisted the firm while recovering more money than was paid to the company.
In contrast, he said the Modi government watched quietly while the Italian courts twice ruled that there was no case of corruption in the deal. Shergill asked why has the Modi government not filed an appeal in the higher courts in Italy against the exoneration by lower courts of the country.
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