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AgustaWestland, describes "Signora Gandhi" as "the driving force behind VIP helicopters".
- Manmohan Singh is mentioned in a 2013 letter by Guiseppe Orsi, former Agusta CEO, from jail. The letter said that the Italian PM or a senior diplomat should call the former PM.
- The ruling BJP, which has been under attack over controversies linked to Uttarakhand and foreign policy, today discussed its Parliament strategy on the chopper scam at a weekly meeting of lawmakers attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- On Monday, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi were in the Lok Sabha when the BJP raised demands for a probe. "We want a discussion in this House and the Defense Minister should answer the questions that have been raised," said BJP lawmaker Meenakshi Lekhi.
- Former defence minister AK Antony of the Congress said: "We ordered an inquiry and cancelled the contract. If the BJP government is so keen, they should expedite the CBI inquiry we ordered."
- Two officials of Finmeccanica were jailed for corruption as Italy investigated the scam.
