New Delhi: The BJP and SP on Saturday asked the Government to comment on a website’s claim that Ottavio Quattrocchi, an accused in the Bofors kickback case, and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) conspired to kill Rajiv Gandhi in 1991.
An article in www.politicsparty.com claims French intelligence agencies have evidence that the Quattrochchi wanted to kill Gandhi, who was out of power then, to bury the Bofors scam and contacted LTTE leaders, who regarded the Congress leader as an enemy.
The obscure website claims Quattrocchi met LTTE leader Anton Balasingham at a five-star hotel in Paris and French intelligence agencies secretly recorded their conversation.
BJP MP Vijay Kumar Malhotra and SP MP Ramji Lal Suman raised the matter in Lok Sabha and asked the government to give an official response.
Raising the matter during Zero Hour, Malhotra and Suman said the government must investigate the website’s claim because French officials have not commented on the matter.
"The matter is very serious, but the government has not yet responded to it," said Malhotra, who wanted a formal response from the government.
The website claims says Quattrocchi wanted to eliminate Gandhi, as he believed that his rivals would win the 1991 election and then do their best to find out who the beneficiaries of the Bofors scam were.
India is trying to get Quattrocchi extradited from Argentina where he was detained in February 2007 on the basis of an Interpol notice.
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