The BJP on Saturday hit out at the Congress party after a letter emerged in which a middleman stated that key aides of UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi need to be targeted to push the VVIP chopper deal through.
BJP leader Yashwant Sinha.
"This is a repeat of Bofors. We will raise the issue in Parliament strongly. We are not going to allow the government to get away with any explanation," senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha told CNN-IBN.
Sinha further said that the notes in the diary where 'family' was mentioned clearly indicated that it was the Gandhis. "This is clinching evidence of the fact that the deal was concluded with clear intend of making money," he said.
Meanwhile, sources in the PMO have said that the deal has already been cancelled. "Will take action against those indulging in such slanderous activities," PMO sources said.
The Congress party came in for a shocker on Saturday when a letter allegedly written by AgustaWestland middleman Christian Michel to the firm's then India chief Peter Hulett asked the executive to 'target' key advisers to Congress president Sonia Gandhi including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to get the VVIP chopper deal passed.
"As Mrs Gandhi is the driving force behind the VIP, she will not fly any more in the Mi 8. Mrs Gandhi and her closest advisers are the people the High Commissioner should target," the letter said.
For the national party, which is already showing clear signs of struggle while attempting to retain power in the forthcoming Lok Sabha Elections this year, the news could not have come at a worse time.
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