HAZARIBAG: BJP MP Yashwant Sinha will be the main speaker in Parliament on the AgustaWestland VVIP Chopper scam, which is top on the agenda of BJP and NDA.
Talking to the media here on Wednesday, Sinha said, "The decision was taken at L K Advani's residence on Tuesday. Although parliamentary affairs minister Kamal Nath said the government was ready for a debate on the issue and also for taking it up in the joint parliament committee (JPC), the BJP will prefer the entire investigation to be done by the CBI under the supervision of the Supreme Court."
He added that what has created suspicion in the minds of the Opposition parties is the fact that someone accused in the scam paid kickback to a particular family. "Neither the UPA nor the prime minister mentioned the name of the family, which accepted the bribe for finalizing the deal," he said.
Sinha was critical of the UPA government for holding the NDA responsible for starting the deal with the Agusta Chopper company. He questioned, "If there was any truth in that, why didn't the UPA government strike off the deal. The UPA must stop putting the blame on NDA for every deal that was struck."
He regretted the decision of the defence ministry to buy aircraft, which eventually turned into a scam. He added that it was a matter of grave concern and demanded the careful handling of another aircrafts deal worth over Rs 90,000 crore. Sinha also criticized the government for its failure to contain inflation. which has already reached the level of 5.4%.
He was surprised at the government's decision to table the food bill, which will further escalate inflation.
"Although the government was having 70 million tones of foodgrain in its stock, it did not release it in the market to check food inflation, which has gone up to 12%, the highest ever," he said. He blamed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Union finance minister P Chidambaram for their failure to contain the inflation because of faulty economic policies.
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