News India Xtra@newsIndiaxtraBJP spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari has challenged Sonia Gandhi over the Bofors arms scandal, saying her new memoir has brought it back into focus. He claims Congress has stayed silent and wants to know how Rajiv Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Ottavio Quattrocchi were linked.
He also said the book dwells on the Babri Masjid issue while skipping Bofors questions.
A 1986 contract for 155 mm howitzers, worth about $1.4 billion, later drew bribery claims. The Supreme Court closed the case in August 2026 without a criminal conviction.
