It’s time Gandhis came clean on Agusta: Devendra Fadnavis

Mumbai: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday questioned the Congress ‘silence’ on the alleged revelations made by AgustaWestland scam accused Christian Michel. Fadnavis claimed that in documents and in the recovered diaries, the Congress president was referred to as ‘R’ and the ‘son of the Italian woman who could be PM’.

In a press conference, Fadnavis said the Congress and ‘the family that runs the party’ should answer the questions raised in the AgustaWestland scam.

The CM said the scam was uncovered after the Italian investigative agencies conducted raids on Finmeccanica and came to know that there was big corruption in the deal. “Some Indian Air Force officers, other officials and political leaders were given bribes. The Italian court has already sentenced two people. In the Italian courts judgement,Sonia Gandhi’s name has come four times,”said the CM.


Fadnavis added that raids conducted on Guido Ralph Haschke and interrogation of Michel has led to important dots being connected by the investigating agencies.

“There are different names that have cropped up in court documents, mails and diaries, Sonia has been mentioned, there is reference to the Italian woman and her son who could be the PM, there is an R mentioned, there is also an AP. The Congress needs to answer as to why are the names being referred to and what is their connection to this?