Congress Vice president Rahul Gandhi speaking to NDTV on the way to Parliament on the AgustaWestland chopper scam probe says, "I'm always being targetted, happy to be targetted."


Today, the BJP's Kirit Somaiya said that that the Congress vice-president will be asked in Parliament to explain why one of the Agusta middlemen was employed as Director by a firm linked closely to his aide, Kanishka Singh.

Kanishka Singh responded with a statement last night.

Kanishka Singh's statement reads as follows:

Response to BJP MP Shri Kirit Somaiya's Letter and his Tweet dated 02.05.2016 in re AgustaWestland and Emaar-MGF

Mr. Somaiya's allegations about Kanishka Singh are entirely baseless, false and with an ulterior political motive. Mr. Somaiya has been making these false allegations about Mr. Kanishka Singh with malafide intent since February 2013. Mr. Kanishka Singh rejects these allegations in their entirety.

Whether officials of AgustaWestland were involved with Emaar-MGF or not, should be investigated by the agencies.

In so far as Kanishka Singh is concerned he:

(1) Has absolutely nothing to do with the matter; and

(2) Wishes for parties found to be guilty, including AgustaWestland and/or Mr. Hashke and/or Emaar-MGF if so found, to be punished in the harshest possible way. In any case, Mr. Kirit Somaiya is requested to provide material at the earliest to his own Government and its agencies, which will facilitate investigation and enable prosecution of the guilty; and

(3) Has nothing to do with and has been on estranged terms with the Rajiv Gupta family (Emaar-MGF) who, though related, fell out in 2005 when Rajiv Gupta propounded a Will of Shri Ved Prakash Gupta which Kanishka Singh and his mother say is a case of forgery and fabrication, and the matter has been pending in court since then.