Demanding an inquiry by a sitting Supreme Court judge into  “the Argentine fiasco,” the BJP on Monday accused the government of rescuing the Bofors accused Ottavio Quattrocchi “to please the first family of the Congress.” The party said,  facts emerging from  Argentina “confirm the malafide intentions” of the government.
The BJP has sought an explanation from the government as to why Mr S K Sharma, Director (Prosecution) of the CBI on deputation from Law Ministry, was sent to Argentina “despite his spurious legal view” that “the case does not exist against Quattrocchi.”
Party spokesman Prakash Javadekar alleged that all the government file notings of the  case were passed onto counsels defending Quattrocchi. “It is shocking that the defense counsel presented the Argentina High Court all the papers and opinions available only in secret files of the government, including opinions of Solicitor General Milton Banerjee, Shri Datta and Shri Pathak besides Mr S K Sharma himself.
 This confirms our apprehension that there the government was trying hard to save Ottavio Quattrocchi,” Mr Javadekar said.
The party  also maintained that the government did not allow the CBI to file an appeal against the court judgment, holding nobody guilty in the case.
Defreezing account
It also alleged that in case of de-freezing of Quattrocchi’s accounts, the government law officer Mr Datta had kept CBI in the dark.