Govt threatens to blacklist Italian firm, asks for details

With the opposition threatening to disrupt the Budget session of Parliament over allegations that kickbacks were paid in India in the 2010 purchase of 12 VVIP helicopters from Anglo-Italian company, Agusta Westland — and the Bharatiya Janata Party stating that this had the “makings of a second Bofors scam” — the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has issued a detailed brief that makes public the facts in the case.

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