The BJP charged Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar of provoking the House through his personal attack on Arun Jaitley during the debate on the Bofors revelations. BJP leader Prakash Javadekar claimed that Jaitley was "statesman like" in his speech during the debate and never mentioned the Congress or Rajiv Gandhi.  He only said: "the truth has still not come to the fore and the guilty are not punished." Instead of responding in a "civilian" manner, Mani Shankar Aiyar made a personal attack.

"The House was deliberately provoked by Mani Shankar Aiyar," he added. During the debate on Bofors revelations earlier in the day in the Rajya Sabha, Mani Shankar Aiyar said Leader of the Opposition, Arun Jaitley, was the additional solicitor general who had done paper work in the Bofors investigation case.