Jaitley On Agustawestland

The Congress hit back out at Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today for his accusations in the AgustaWestland VVIP choppers case, saying the Finance Minister is showing immense faith in "diary entries" to level "bogus" charges, even as the BJP is "mute" on Sahara and Yeddy diaries.

BJP leader Arun Jaitley on Friday questioned Congress chief Rahul Gandhi's "silence" on the Enforcement Directorate charge sheet in the AgustaWestland VVIP choppers case which has reference to senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel and ''family''.

Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday hailed the Modi government for the extradition of AgustaWestland chopper deal case co-accused Rajiv Saxena and corporate lobbyist Deepak Talwar, saying the government has introduced a culture of honesty in governance and no one who cheats India can hide anywhere in the world and escape.

In an acrimonious debate in parliament on Wednesday, Rahul Gandhi accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "hiding in his room" and lacking the guts to face questions on the Rafale jet deal before being targeted in a lacerating rejoinder by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for what he called "repeated lies".

Leader of Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley today rejected Congress demand for a discussion on a CAG report pointing to anomalies in Gujarat's KG Basin gas project, saying this was a "diversionary tactic" of the Opposition party by raising a "non-issue".

Contesting Congress leader AK Antony's claim that Italian company Finmeccanica, the parent company of AgustaWestland Helicopters, was blacklisted during the UPA's tenure, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that the former defence minister appears to have suffered "a memory loss".

Sharpening the attack on Congress on the AgustaWestland chopper deal, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitely today said the theory that the company was blacklisted during the UPA rule and it was lifted by NDA was a "figment of imagination".

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today denied reports of Prime Minister Narendra Modi striking a deal with his Italian counterpart to free two Italian marines accused of killing Indian fishermen for information on the "Gandhi family".

The controversial AgustaWestland chopper deal will be debated in the Rajya Sabha today after the government agreed to discuss the issue following demand by the BJP on Tuesday.

The Congress hit back out at Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today for his accusations in the AgustaWestland VVIP choppers case, saying the Finance Minister is showing immense faith in "diary entries" to level "bogus" charges, even as the BJP is "mute" on Sahara and Yeddy diaries.

BJP leader Arun Jaitley on Friday questioned Congress chief Rahul Gandhi's "silence" on the Enforcement Directorate charge sheet in the AgustaWestland VVIP choppers case which has reference to senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel and ''family''.

Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday hailed the Modi government for the extradition of AgustaWestland chopper deal case co-accused Rajiv Saxena and corporate lobbyist Deepak Talwar, saying the government has introduced a culture of honesty in governance and no one who cheats India can hide anywhere in the world and escape.

In an acrimonious debate in parliament on Wednesday, Rahul Gandhi accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "hiding in his room" and lacking the guts to face questions on the Rafale jet deal before being targeted in a lacerating rejoinder by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for what he called "repeated lies".

Leader of Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley today rejected Congress demand for a discussion on a CAG report pointing to anomalies in Gujarat's KG Basin gas project, saying this was a "diversionary tactic" of the Opposition party by raising a "non-issue".

Contesting Congress leader AK Antony's claim that Italian company Finmeccanica, the parent company of AgustaWestland Helicopters, was blacklisted during the UPA's tenure, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that the former defence minister appears to have suffered "a memory loss".

Sharpening the attack on Congress on the AgustaWestland chopper deal, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitely today said the theory that the company was blacklisted during the UPA rule and it was lifted by NDA was a "figment of imagination".

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today denied reports of Prime Minister Narendra Modi striking a deal with his Italian counterpart to free two Italian marines accused of killing Indian fishermen for information on the "Gandhi family".

The controversial AgustaWestland chopper deal will be debated in the Rajya Sabha today after the government agreed to discuss the issue following demand by the BJP on Tuesday.