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As the BJP started using the extradition of Christian Michel James, the middleman in the ₹3,600-crore AgustaWestland chopper scam, as an issue for campaign in the Assembly elections, the Congress said the ruling party is weaving a web of lies.
Both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah referred to the issue during their speeches in election-bound Rajasthan. While Modi said the middleman served politicians and will start disclosing secrets, Shah asked the Congress to spell its stand clear on the Agusta scam.
Congress media in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala said the BJP is trying to mislead the nation and alleged that Modi is the protector of AgustaWestland. “The BJP wants to manufacture false evidence rather than discover the truth of its own corruption,” Surjewala said.
‘Spreading falsehoods’
He said Modi and the BJP are facing defeat and are ‘weaving a web of lies’, perpetuating ‘falsehoods’.
“Modi government is indulging in this cover-up conspiracy to hide its sinister role in helping and promoting a banned company, AgustaWestland, and its parent company, Finmecanica. The most intriguing part of the conspiracy is the undisclosed reason for permitting a blacklisted company to get clearance from the Foreign Investment Promotion Board and permit its entry as ‘partner or sub-contractor to various Indian corporates,” Surjewala said.
‘Smear campaign’
The Opposition party said Modi and the BJP are seeking fake credit without being subject to investigation by the CBI for their own complicity and connivance. Surjewala said the ruling establishment is latching on to Christian Michel for committing a ‘smear campaign’ against opposition leaders.
“Never before in the history of India has a Prime Minister been found complicit in gaining ‘false evidence’ against opposition leaders to seek revenge,” Surjewala added.
The party said it is time tthe CBI investigated Modi’s role in exonerating Agusta Westland and Finmecanica instead of weaving a fake story to deflect attention from the imminent defeat in five States.
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