New Delhi: Defence minister Manohar Parrikar said Sunday he will place all the facts along with a detailed chronology about the controversial AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter deal before Parliament on May 4.
“I will place the detailed chronology giving facts about the deal before Parliament on Wednesday. I will place the detailed chronology, how and when necessary clauses or provisions were relaxed to suit the company,” he told reporters on the sidelines of a function in Goa to lay the foundation stone for a football stadium.
“Those who received kickbacks will not leave behind the proof for us to prosecute them, but we will have to prove it (that kickbacks were received),” he said.
“It is for us to prove everything. Since the issue would be placed in Parliament, I would not like to speak in detail to the media,” he added.
“Why was no action taken against the company till 2014? Why was (it) not blacklisted by the UPA government?” Mr Parrikar asked.
“I challenge the Congress to show the UPA government’s order blacklisting the AgustaWestland company. Let them reply first on why it was not banned. It was during our (NDA) government that we banned it, he said. He had recently challenged the Congress to show the UPA government order confirming the blacklisting.
