Wednesday, Congress President Sonia Gandhi came to favor her son Rahul Gandhi. Mrs. Gandhi told media that "there is no truth" to the allegations that her son, Rahul Gandhi, is linked to the AgustaWestland defence scam through shops that he owned at a Delhi mall owned by real estate developer Emaar-MGF. She added, "There was no quid pro quo."
The Agusta scandal - which saw the firm bribing Indians to get a Rs. 3,600-crore deal to supply helicopters to the Air Force - has singed the Gandhis and their party, the Congress, after an Italian court convicted top executives of the defence manufacturer for paying kickbacks. Documents used by the court mention Sonia Gandhi and her colleagues.
BJP lawmaker Kirit Somaiya says it's not just Mrs Gandhi, who is Congress chief, but the "entire Gandhi parivaar" that must come clean on its close links to middlemen who acted on behalf of Agusta.
