Swamy hit his favourite target, Madam Sonia Gandhi and commented :
"Before even Dr Manmohan Singh, she should be interrogated first by the CBI," while deliberating upon who was paid bribes by defence manufacturer AgustaWestland to secure an order to supply 12 helicopters to India.
Swamy referred hers as "a super cabinet" and a "higher authority than then PM Dr Singh" and alleged that there is plenty of evidence to prove that Mrs Gandhi was a principal player in the scam .
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Agusta Judge Says 'AP' Note Is Real, Tears Chunk Out Of Congress Defense
NDTV
Shooting down the screen the Congress has offered in its defense in the AgustaWestland helicopter scam, a judge in Italy has told that a note from a middleman listing "AP" as the intended recipient of a bribe is authentic. The opposition has alleged that "AP" refers to Ahmed Patel, the chief advisor to Congress president Sonia Gandhi. Mr Patel and his party had challenged the veracity of the document, and alleged in Parliament today that the Italian verdict speaks of no conclusive findings on which Indian politicians accepted kickbacks.
Judge Marco Maria Maiga told that while his trial focused on the Italian bribe-givers for a helicopter deal with Delhi, "My judgment does not give a clean chit to Indian politicians. It is upto India to now follow up on investigating its politicians."
Late last month, he convicted top executives of Agusta, an Anglo-Italian defense manufacturer, of bribing Indians in exchange for a 12-helicopter deal worth 3,600 crores. The note he refers to was written by Guido Haschke, one of three middlemen who India has said it wants to question about the scam.
Mr Haschke struck a plea bargain with Italian prosecutors; his tapped phone conversations and documents formed a large part of their case.
The judge told that when asked about the "AP" reference, Mr Haschke was vague, stating that he couldn't remember who it denoted. The same note lists categories like "FAM" and "POL". The former allegedly refers to the family of former Air Chief SP Tyagi, who was interrogated by the CBI this week about accepting kickbacks. He has denied the accusations, but the judge in Italy told that the evidence against the former chief of the air force is substantial.
The notes reviewed in the Italian court refer to top Congress leaders including Mrs Gandhi who is underscored as "the driving force" of India's decision to acquire new helicopters when the Congress was in power. The BJP says the Italian verdict offers incontestable proof that the scam was incubated by the Congress to benefit its top rung. The Congress argued in parliament today that the documents offer no hint that its leaders were either approached or accepted bribes.