April 26, 2016 1:22 PM

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BJP seeks to corner Congress over VVIP chopper scam, Ishrat issue

BJP today sought to corner Congress over the VVIP chopper scam and Ishrat Jahan encounter issue. Both issues besides the row over President's Rule in Uttarakhand were deliberated in the BJP Parliamentary Party meeting this morning. During the meeting, senior Union Ministers Arun Jaitley and Venkaiah Naidu articulated the party's position on different matters. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also attended the meeting.<br/><br/>Talking to reporters after the meeting, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi informed that Mr. Jaitley told the MPs that the whole world knew Ishrat was a terrorist but Congress and the then Home Minister P. Chidambaram allegedly tried to help her. He said it was done to politically finish the then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and the then state Minister Amit Shah. Mr. Naqvi said that the Agusta Westland issue was also taken up in the meeting as the new revelations in the case exposed Congress and proved that it was all about scams.

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