Bofors Scam- Time to Forgive Rajiv Gandhi

Bofors Scam- Time to Forgive Rajiv Gandhi

29-04-2009 Kanpur
1. Once again the Bofors Controversy is in the headlines,
with the clean chit of CBI to Quatrocchi. I feel that it is high time that we forgave Rajiv Gandhi, who although guilty in the matter was only a victim of a Conspiracy of the Scheming Old guard of the Congress party at that time, comprising of V.P. Singh, one fat politician with “Nehru” in his name and some others.
2. When Rajiv was forced in to P M ship due to the
untimely demise of Indiraji, this scheming old guard was taken aback due to the huge popular mandate Rajiv got in the elections. They were jealous of a modern, Lotto Shoe wearing, Ray ban Goggles supporting handsome almost God like man, with modern outlook and thoughts & dreams full of a secure and happy future for his Countrymen. As against this the Old guard still had the feudalistic approach, haggard and ugly appearances and they prevailed upon him saying “let us not depend upon local business men or corruption for funding of the party, but since money is a necessary evil for funding the party, let us instead take some lump sum money in multi billion dollars Defense deals, without compromising with quality, so that we are not dependant on local businessmen & widespread corruption.”
3. Once he, unwittingly and foolishly agreed, this very
same Old Guard blew the whistle and trapped him for ever. Although he was able to escape the continuing humiliation due to his un-timely death in 1991 & V.P. Singh officially once declared as Mad by his wife, became the P.M and he along with Chandrashekhar(a known Mafia) & others was responsible for Rajiv’s death. People say that Rajiv’s close Doon school chum Arun Singh, the then Minister of State, became a recluse in his Castle in the hills, may be he could have cleared the mist.
4. All that is good in India, presently, like Telecom
Sector, Computer and IT boom, Space Research, India becoming a Economic powerhouse, Educational Hub etc is all due to the modern outlook of Rajiv Gandhi. Had Rajiv not happened to India and had we been left to the haggard Old Guard like Atal, Advani, V.P. Singh, Chandrashekhar and others, we would have been left to languish in the middle ages, like Pakistan & may be even Talibanized.
5. Therefore it is time to forgive Rajiv Gandhi for the
Faux pas he made and pay tribute to him, bury Quatrocchi bury the Bofors Scam and move on. Remember in Kargil war it was the same Bofors Gun, Which was instrumental in uprooting the Pakis from the hills they occupied, quality was not compromised and see the present, where bribes are taken in thousands of crores and for that such innocent looking sectors like Land-Use control & conversion, Spectrum allotment, Anti Dumping duties(levied when local business houses form a syndicate and grease the politicians palms) etc. Had Rajiv been alive, these evils would have not been there.
Thanks

Robby Sharma
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