BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today demanded setting up of a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the death of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Congress leader Shashi Tharoor.
"SIT should be set up. In fact, Delhi Police should recommend it," he told reporters here.
He also demanded that the FBI report which confirms that Pushkar's death was due to poisoning should be released.
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Pushkar was found dead in a hotel room in January 2014.
On the Ram temple issue, Swamy said there should be day-to-day hearing of appeals in the Ram Janmabhoomi case in the Supreme Court and that he has written to the Prime Minister for moving the apex court.
He also expressed satisfaction at what the Narendra Modi government was doing after the Pathankot attack.
"I am absolutely satisfied. Whatever the Prime Minister is doing is necessary," he said.
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Swamy further said India will need to look at its
"natural advantages" like that of agriculture sector as he suggested crops produced here are the "cheapest", the country has largest area irrigated and is home to largest young populace.
He said India needs to increase its production of crops and milk and focus on exporting it to Western countries and also underscored need for developing infrastructure to be able to do so by setting up packaging industry, creating airports for the purpose and deploying ships.
Swamy though said American and European nations have "heavy trade restrictions" on agricultural products and urged for fighting those "barriers" for a level-playing field.
He also the economic model of socialism saying it did not produce results for the India and added the country is "fortunate" to have not been following it now.
Swamy insisted the country, "like the Prime Minister says", need to be innovative to tap its advantages and suggested it to produce electricity tapping its vast source of Thorium and desalinate sea water to provide water for coastal states.
The leader though insisted country's development should be both material and spiritual.
Among other issues, he reiterated the DNA of all the Indians is same.
The event was attended also by Jain spiritual leader Acharya Lokesh Muni, representatives of various embassies, former BJP MLA-Delhi Study Group president Vijay Jolly and others.
