The BJP on Wednesday has sought an explanation from Congress, while the opposition party has hit back by asking why the Modi government had cancelled the process of blacklisting the firm in question and to seek to corner Congress over allegations of corruption in the Agusta Westland deal.
The environment and forests minister Prakash Javadekar has said that what has been revealed in Agusta Westland case is very important and very serious and that Congress owes an explanation by attacking the Congress party.
Even the Minister of state for parliamentary affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has also targeted Congress by saying that those accused of paying bribes are in jail but the alleged recipients are blocking the progress of the country.
Surjewala has said that the money too was recovered and "not a single rupee loss was caused to the Government of India and he has told that the UPA government had also ordered a CBI inquiry as well as initiating the process of blacklisting Agusta Westland.
