Accusing successive Congress-led governments of derailing investigations into the Bofors pay-offs scandal, the CPI(M) today said the "cover up" was now complete with the government deciding the withdraw the case.
"At every stage, successive governments headed by the Congress have resorted to various devices to derail the case and protect (key accused Ottavio) Quattrocchi. The CBI was prevented from pursuing the case seriously," the party Politburo said in a statement here.
It said the government's latest decision to withdraw the case against Quattrocchi, who was facing prosecution, came in the wake of "prolonged efforts to scuttle the case."
"With this latest act, the cover up of the Bofors bribery case is now complete," the CPI(M) said.
