Advani knew about my going to Kandahar with terrorists:Jaswant

October 31, 2013 16:52

Contradicting LK Advani, former External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh has said the then Home Minister was aware of the controversial decision about his travelling to Kandahar along with three terrorists released in exchange for the hostages of hijacked Indian Airlines plane in 1999.

Singh, however, said Advani along with Arun Shourie were the two ministers who had opposed the decision which he had taken on his own and informed the Cabinet.

"He was in Cabinet (meeting)," Singh said when asked whether Advani was aware of the decision. Advani, then the Home Minister, has claimed that he was not aware of the decision that Singh was going with the terrorists.

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