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A day after sacked Rajasthan Minister, Ram Chandra Gudha, made public three pages of 'red diary' and alleged corruption in the Rajasthan Cricket Association election, Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday termed it as a "Bofors moment"

A day after a Jharkhand Congress MLA alleged that Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is trying to topple the government in the state, the BJP has hit back calling the allegations "baseless".

Union minister Rajnath Singh's "Shastra puja" in front of the first Rafale fighter jet handed over by France on Tuesday, has generated a debate. While the Congress has slammed it as "tamasha"(drama) and "superstition", Mr Singh's cabinet colleague and BJP chief Amit Shah has lashed out, questioning the Congress's choice of issues to criticise the B...

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has jumped into the bitter fight between Congress and BJP leaders over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's comments on former PM Rajiv Gandhi "ending his life as bhrashtachari (corrupt) number one".

Bihar leader Sharad Yadav repeatedly spoke about the Bofors scandal when he meant to talk about the Rafale controversy, during Mamata Banerjee's opposition unity meet on Saturday. The faux pas ended up gaining more traction when Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP picked on it.

BJP ally Shiv Sena Wednesday supported the Opposition demand in Lok Sabha for a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe into the Rafale issue and drew a parallel with the alleged Bofors scam, claiming that people say Rafale aircraft is good but the deal is bad.

BSP president Mayawati on Friday called for fundamental reforms in all defence related procurements in order to address the doubts and common perception over such issues.

Senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday described the controversial Rafale deal as the "father of Bofors" and said Congress chief Rahul Gandhi's importance in the country's politics had increased after repeatedly speaking against the deal.

A crucial hearing is listed for tomorrow in the Supreme Court in the politically-sensitive Rs 64 crore Bofors pay-off case in which a BJP leader, who is pursuing the matter for over a decade, has been asked to explain his locus in filing petition as a third party.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked BJP leader Ajay Agrawal to explain his locus in filing an appeal in the politically-sensitive Rs 64 crore Bofors pay-offs case and asked how the matter could be entertained at the instance of a third party.

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today hit back at Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for questioning the Rafale fighter aircraft deal, saying unlike during Congress regimes when middlemen ruled the roost, there was no "Quattrocchi" in the contract for the fighter jet.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar today alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi "feared" the "transformed image" of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi due to which the BJP was raking up old issues such as Bofors to "defame" the Gandhi family.

Almost three decades after the 64-crore Bofors scam hit headlines, an independent investigator's claims have created a buzz around the case. The Central Bureau of Investigation or the CBI today took note of his claims that the then Congress government headed by Rajiv Gandhi did not want the details of the pay-offs for the gun deal to come out.

In a fresh turn of events, the Supreme Court today agreed to hear an appeal filed by BJP leader Ajay Kumar Agarwal challenging a 2005 Delhi High Court order quashing charges against Europe-based industrialists -- the Hinduja brothers -- in the politically-sensitive Bofors pay-off scam case.

The decades-old Bofors case returned to dog the Congress in parliament today as the ruling BJP raised Swedish chief investigator Sten Lindstrom's revelations on the role of then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.

A day after sacked Rajasthan Minister, Ram Chandra Gudha, made public three pages of 'red diary' and alleged corruption in the Rajasthan Cricket Association election, Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday termed it as a "Bofors moment"

A day after a Jharkhand Congress MLA alleged that Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is trying to topple the government in the state, the BJP has hit back calling the allegations "baseless".

Union minister Rajnath Singh's "Shastra puja" in front of the first Rafale fighter jet handed over by France on Tuesday, has generated a debate. While the Congress has slammed it as "tamasha"(drama) and "superstition", Mr Singh's cabinet colleague and BJP chief Amit Shah has lashed out, questioning the Congress's choice of issues to criticise the B...

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has jumped into the bitter fight between Congress and BJP leaders over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's comments on former PM Rajiv Gandhi "ending his life as bhrashtachari (corrupt) number one".

Bihar leader Sharad Yadav repeatedly spoke about the Bofors scandal when he meant to talk about the Rafale controversy, during Mamata Banerjee's opposition unity meet on Saturday. The faux pas ended up gaining more traction when Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP picked on it.

BJP ally Shiv Sena Wednesday supported the Opposition demand in Lok Sabha for a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe into the Rafale issue and drew a parallel with the alleged Bofors scam, claiming that people say Rafale aircraft is good but the deal is bad.

BSP president Mayawati on Friday called for fundamental reforms in all defence related procurements in order to address the doubts and common perception over such issues.

Senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday described the controversial Rafale deal as the "father of Bofors" and said Congress chief Rahul Gandhi's importance in the country's politics had increased after repeatedly speaking against the deal.

A crucial hearing is listed for tomorrow in the Supreme Court in the politically-sensitive Rs 64 crore Bofors pay-off case in which a BJP leader, who is pursuing the matter for over a decade, has been asked to explain his locus in filing petition as a third party.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked BJP leader Ajay Agrawal to explain his locus in filing an appeal in the politically-sensitive Rs 64 crore Bofors pay-offs case and asked how the matter could be entertained at the instance of a third party.

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today hit back at Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for questioning the Rafale fighter aircraft deal, saying unlike during Congress regimes when middlemen ruled the roost, there was no "Quattrocchi" in the contract for the fighter jet.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar today alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi "feared" the "transformed image" of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi due to which the BJP was raking up old issues such as Bofors to "defame" the Gandhi family.

Almost three decades after the 64-crore Bofors scam hit headlines, an independent investigator's claims have created a buzz around the case. The Central Bureau of Investigation or the CBI today took note of his claims that the then Congress government headed by Rajiv Gandhi did not want the details of the pay-offs for the gun deal to come out.

In a fresh turn of events, the Supreme Court today agreed to hear an appeal filed by BJP leader Ajay Kumar Agarwal challenging a 2005 Delhi High Court order quashing charges against Europe-based industrialists -- the Hinduja brothers -- in the politically-sensitive Bofors pay-off scam case.

The decades-old Bofors case returned to dog the Congress in parliament today as the ruling BJP raised Swedish chief investigator Sten Lindstrom's revelations on the role of then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.