Sunday, October 29, 2006
The Natwar story continues
However, it has always been there on the table that his actions, when he is reported to have used his status as a Congress functionary to introduce relatives / acquaintances to the Iraqis and allowed them to use these connections to make money from the practise of lifting oil and making money on the margins has been embarrasing to the Congress. In the middle of all this, he has always claimed that he is close to the Congress dynasty. This is something that I don't think that Sonia Gandhi will tolerate.
The net has been tightening on Natwar Singh. The Congress refuses to touch him with a barge pole, the Enforcement Directorate has been pushing further on him and his relatives, and he must be losing the friends that he has. From all the reports, it seems that he has been guilty of what he has been charged, but the basic query remains about the role of the Congress party. Is it guilty of also making money from all this ? Was the support of the Congress party for the Saddam regime based on money from the old scam ? These are all questions that we need to get answered to get more honesty into our system, but with the current situation, I don't think that these questions will ever get answered.
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