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AgustaWestland: Congress to bring privilege motion against Subramanian Swamy

Speed News team | Updated on: 10 February 2017, 1:50 IST

The Congress party on Thursday said that it will move a privilege motion against BJP leader Subramanian Swamy and Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar for misrepresenting facts in the Parliament on VVIP chopper deal.

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said that it would also sue a US-based website for defamation.

Swamy had apparently quoted from the website during the Rajya Sabha debate on AgustaWestland deal. He said the party will move a privilege motion against Swamy for speaking lies in the Rajya Sabha regarding the AgustaWestland deal.

A news agency quoted Ramesh as saying: "Subramanian Swamy spoke against Sonia Gandhi and other Congress leaders in parliament and kept referring a document which according to him was an Italian court's judgement. In reality, this is a 13-page document consisting of two page of emails from Swamy to himself. Nine pages of the report were downloaded from www.pgurus.com and the remaining two pages are part of a news story run by an Indian news channel."

In all probability, the motion against Swamy would be brought on Friday, which is also the last day of the ongoing session.

First published: 12 May 2016, 8:13 IST