Politicos react as President Mukherjee says Bofors was media trial and no court established it scam

New Delhi, May 26 (ANI): Political leaders on Tuesday react as President Pranab Mukherjee in an interview said that Bofors was a media trial and that no court has established it as a scam. The Bofors case dates back to 1986 when Swiss arms manufacturer Bofors landed a Rs. 1,500 crore contract to supply Howitzer guns to India at a time the Congress was in power. The Swedish media reported that the company had paid massive kickbacks to Indian politicians and defence officials. The case cost then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi the general election in 1989 and dogged the Congress for decades. While Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and BJP leader MJ Akbar refused to overpower or comment on President’s statement, Congress welcomed the same. Congress and NCP leaders maintained that this established it even more clearly that there was no scam in Bofors deal.

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