PM Modi takes Christian Michel extradition to campaign front; warns those involved in scam
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday tore into the Gandhis by referring to the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland chopper deal and extradition of alleged middleman Christian Michel during his election campaign in Rajasthan. PM Modi told the crowd that his government had brought the middleman involved in the helicopter scam from Dubai. He will now spill the secrets of the politicians he had served.
"I had mentioned the VVIP helicopter case. I spoke about the letter written by Sonia Gandhi. After BJP came to power, we looked for the files, we dug around. They had hidden it away. But one middleman finally was caught after years of digging," the PM said. The note he was referring to was recovered from one of the two other middlemen in the case, Guido Haschke, and contained a mention of a payment made against the word "family", which has been alleged to be the Gandhi family. It also mentioned "AP", which is alleged to be Sonia's close aide Ahmed Patel.
PM Modi also took on the Gandhi family over the National Herald tax case, and said his government scored a win against them in the Supreme Court on Tuesday.
The SC had allowed the I-T department to reopen the case. Alleging the Gandhi family had been enjoying privileges for four generations, Modi said it was the "victory of the honest". "Now I will see how you escape... Look at the courage of a 'chaiwala' who took those running country for four generations to the court's door," Modi said.
He said the Congress had lost the election and was now contemplating who to make a scapegoat. "The Congress' gaaje-baaje company thought the BJP was finished in Rajasthan. Now they are saying they are losing due to infighting and rebels," he said.
‘Smear Campaign’
- Congress said PM Modi “latching” on to Christian Michel for a “smear campaign” against opposition leaders
- It said the PM and his government were seeking to “weave a web of lies” and construct a “mesh of deception to hoodwink” the people of India in the chopper case.
- Christian Michel, the alleged middleman in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland chopper deal, was brought to India late on Tuesday night.
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