Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar continued his 'new revelations' on the AgustaWestland scam in Parliament for the second day today.
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today continued his 'new revelations' in the Parliament for the second day. He said the Agusta scam could have been stopped in 2012.
Here are the highlights of his address in the Lok Sabha:- Congress created single vendor situation in AgustaWestland deal
- Benchmark cost given by CNC (Contract negotiations committee) was 6 times higher than that of AoN (Acceptance of Necessity).
- CBI registered FIR in matter in March 2013, but copy of FIR was not forwarded to ED till December.
- UPA did not take any action against company. It was almost made compulsory by circumstances that you acted.
- 1000s pages documents have translated from Italian... we still don't have authenticated translated documents.
- AgustaWestland contract cancellation was not a proactive step but was forced on UPA.
- Entire advance given to Finmeccanica for procurement of the choppers hasn't been recovered yet.