The Minister said efforts were on to get reports from the

Italian courts conducting the inquiry into the alleged chopper scam and the Italian government. On suggestions of differences between the Defence Ministry and the Prime Minister�s Office on the deal issue, Antony said, "At the moment, the Defence Ministry is mainly handling it. At the same time, whenever we needed, we sought the support of the MEA and we got it. There is no question of any lack of coordination." On BJP�s allegations of inaction for one year, Antony said last year his Ministry had received complaints about malpractices in defence deals and it had forwarded them to the Enforcement Directorate and the CBI after which "that man" (arms dealer Abhishek Verma) is in jail. The Ministry had forwarded the complaints by Verma�s former associate Edmond Allen for allegedly taking bribes to get the name of a German defence firm cleared from Ministry�s blacklist. To a question that British embassy officials had tried to push the chopper deal in 2010, Antony said the Indian system was different where the Government did not push for business for private companies but in some countries, their Governments push their case. "We always tell them that there is no political interference in our procurement procedure where top quality and cheapest items are procured," he said. Asked if the Government will have a relook at the Rafale deal also as alleged middleman Guido Haschke was working for Dassault Aviation for the sale of 10 Mirage 2000 aircraft to India, Antony said, "This is too early. At the moment, only contract negotiations are going on. After that there are six seven layers more for it to go." "Unless we get some concrete evidence, how can we. We are trying to get to the truth. I told you that we are very clear that if in any deal, any foul play is found, we will take action," he said. He said in the case, before the CBI inquiry or other inquiries are over, "how I can say that this man or that man is guilty. But one thing I can assure you is that nobody will be spared."