Sorry, I could not read the content fromt this page.Sorry, I could not read the content fromt this page.
Monday, December 20, 2010
WikiLeaks on Rahul: Congress suspects conspiracy
NEW DELHI: Congress on Friday suspected a conspiracy behind the release of the WikiLeaks cable which says Rahul Gandhi had told US ambassador Timothy Roemer that growth of "radicalised Hindu groups" could pose a bigger threat to India than activities of groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba.
"Let us verify the truth. May be there is some conspiracy behind the pattern with which this all is being done," party general secretary Janardan Diwedi said when asked about his reaction to the WikiLeaks release.
According to a secret US diplomatic cable from New Delhi released by WikiLeaks, at a luncheon hosted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at his residence in July 2009, the Congress general secretary was asked by the US ambassador about LeT's activities in the region and immediate threat to India.
"Gandhi said there was evidence of some support for the group among certain elements in India's indigenous Muslim community," the cable notes.
"However, Gandhi warned, the bigger threat may be the growth of radicalised Hindu groups, which create religious tensions and political confrontations with the Muslim community," it says.
Meanwhile the BJP condemned Rahul Gandhi's remarks and said "in one stroke", he has given a "big leverage" to the propaganda of all terror groups in Pakistan.
Strongly objecting to the remarks made to US ambassador Timothy Roemer, as claimed by a WikiLeaks cable, BJP spokesperson Ravishankar Prasad said, "It is irresponsible. It is in the public domain and the US government has neither denied nor confirmed it. Therefore, it has sanctity."
"In one stroke, Rahul Gandhi has sought to give a big leverage to the propaganda of all terror groups operating from Pakistan and certain segments of the Pakistan establishment," he told reporters here.
Prasad said such remarks impinge upon India's strategic security and fight against terrorism.
"If he sees a fringe radical Hindu group as the biggest threat in spite of so many terrorist attacks including 26/11 in which involvement of Pakistani groups is confirmed, then it only underscores how ignorant he is about India and its problems," the BJP leader said.
The party also attacked him for making such remarks to a foreign diplomat and not before Parliament and said the opposition would take up the issue in next Parliament session and also before the people.
Prasad said the statement "underscores how little Rahul Gandhi knows about India. The PM has publicly acknowledged that Maoism and terrorist threat from across the border are the biggest challenges before India and Rahul Gandhi says certain lunatic, marginalised Hindu radical groups are the biggest threat?"
Senior opposition leader Prakash Javadekar said the statement shows "crass communalism and jaundiced world view".
HP under scanner for bribing
BANGALORE: The US authorities have been conducting a probe to find whether current and former employees of Hewlett-Packard Co paid kickbacks in certain transactions spanning several European countries, HP said in a filing.
The investigators have widened the probe by asking HP for information whether HP personnel in Russia, Germany, Austria, Serbia, the Netherlands or CIS were involved in kickbacks or other improper payments to channel partners, or state owned or private entities, the company said in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday.
HP said it was cooperating with the investigating agencies. HP had said in September that US authorities had asked for information on deals in Russia and the CIS.
The enforcement authorities had been probing the company's potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Will You Still Need Me? (CNN)
Sorry, I could not read the content fromt this page.Sorry, I could not read the content fromt this page.
Video: Notebook: Nutcracker Controversy (CBS News)
Sorry, I could not read the content fromt this page.Sorry, I could not read the content fromt this page.
Regulators target bankers' cash compensation: report (Reuters) (Yahoo!)
Sorry, I could not read the content fromt this page.Sorry, I could not read the content fromt this page.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)