PTI, NEW DELHI: After studying the Bofors deal for almost 27 years, a Parliamentary panel today pressed the need for a legislative review to shield the CBI from political obstruction in cases related to the Howitzer gun purchase and urged the agency to investigate the matter without “fear or favour”.
All ongoing cases related to the Bofors contract should be swiftly investigated by the CBI, a six-member PAC sub-committee headed by the BJD’s Bhartruhari Mahtab said in its draft report adopted at the sub-panel’s meeting here.
The need for necessary legislative reviews was emphasised in the draft report which will be finalised after it gets an approval from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).
The sub-committe is looking into the non-compliance of certain aspects of CAG reports of 1989 and 1990 on the Bofors Howitzer gun deal.
The meeting today was attended by, among others, Ponnusamy Venugopal of the AIADMK and Mohammed Ali Khan of the Congress.
