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NCP downplays fresh Bofors controversy

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Press Trust of India New Delhi

"I do not think there can be any case against Congress or government on the issue. There is no basis for it," NCP spokesperson D P Tripathy told reporters outside Parliament.

BJP has decided to rake up the Bofors pay-offs issue in Parliament in wake of fresh allegations that Rajiv Gandhi may have soft-pedalled the probe to protect Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi.

The Bofors issue had rocked the nation 25 years ago.PTI ARU

  

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First Published: Apr 25 2012 | 3:15 PM IST

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