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  • Corruption suspect Sonia morphs into a crusader - The New Indian Express, Sunday, 01 May 2011 “All across India, people are saying enough is enough. And suddenly the unthinkable is starting to happen. People considered above reproach or at least untouchable, are coming under the judicial crosshairs. And the latest high-profile target is one of the biggest fish of all, Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi, currently No. 9 on the Forbes list of the World’s Most Powerful People..” Says, Cleo Paskal writing in the online news website Huffington Post on the corruption charges against Sonia Gandhi. Award-winning journalist, Paskal writes for Sunday Times, Telegraph and the Economist. Her books have won multiple awards. An Associate Fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, the US Department of State, those consulting her include US Department of Energy, US Army War College, UK Ministry of Defence, UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK Defence Academy, EU, NATO, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the heads of many major corporations, and intelligence professionals from over 30 countries. She blogs in Huffington Post, the world’s third most popular news website that commands over 38 million visitors viewing half-a-billion pages every month. Founded in 2005, it became instant success. In February this year, AOL acquired it for $315 million (`1,450 crore). In 2008, the Observer, London, rated Huffington Post, the winner of several awards, as the worlds’ best blog! Paskal notices the “growing, persistent murmurs about questionable business deals and inexplicable exponential jumps in the personal wealth of her and her family. Paskal recalls “the ground-breaking articles” that M D Nalapat, a senior journalist, had written about Sonia in 1995 in “the Times of India”.. Paskal also emphasises Nalapat’s view that “her desire for power wasn’t simply altruistic and that the wealth not only of her, but of her Italian relatives, rose stratospherically after Rajiv Gandhi became prime minister in 1984”. Paskal points out that while his articles were undisputed; Nalapat was forced out of journalism in 1998 when, as he had predicted, Sonia took over the Congress. Paskal cites the “public questions from another highly reputed source, Sten Lindstrom, Sweden’s special prosecutor”, who investigated the Bofors pay-off scam. Paskal points out Lindstrom’s interview in 1998 in which he had said that “the Gandhis, particularly now Sonia, should explain how Quattrocchi-owned companies got such fat sums as payoffs from the Bofors deal. “But the most serious threat to Sonia,” warns Paskal, “is now lying on the desk of the Prime Minister of India.” That is Dr Subramanian Swamy’s written request to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for sanction to prosecute Sonia for corruption. In a meticulously researched 200-plus page submission, Dr Swamy alleges Sonia Gandhi has been involved in corruption in India since 1972 and personally benefited from the Bofors scam (1986), has held billions in non-Indian bank accounts since at least 1991, illegally profited from the Iraqi oil-for-food deals (2002), and even accessed KGB payoffs during the Cold War.” Obviously Paskal has read the complaint thoroughly. Finally, the mainstream media has blacked out Dr Swamy’s “meticulous” complaint against Sonia. A reader’s gratitude to Paskal for “shedding light on an issue that is taboo in Indian mainstream media” tells the true story. ---------- Now how fair and free the Indian Media that complained of a petty bribe by BJP for the rath yathra? Do you believe they are objective in their reporting ethics?

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    Probably media is afraid of being taken for a ride by ruling congress Party. Also Mr Prime minister Mr. Manmohan singh will never sanction for prosecution of Sonia Gandhi and go for a Political Harakiri. Also no political Party in opposition is really take up the issue of corruption with truth fullness. Hammam me sab nange hain

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The indian media is totally controlled by Sonia and her goons.

Brahmanda

you question indicate eye opening fact .Thanks of yahoo answer or we may not think about this serious fact as media never discuss this . many surprise come inindian paper and tv media why news of rahul gandhi is as headline ? eating or visiting of rahul is headline news in india . shame on us. beside why sonia never face journalist or press Conference with many journalist . i remember only one interview with one loyal journalist on tv and journalist was talking about love story with rajiv only no question of any problems of real india , or no views on any international activity . our bad luck that we do not know what level of knowledge she may have on any issue. even though she will be most powerful person in india and most power full person do not know about requirement of indian people.bad luck india all congress people will select her party president.

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Congress under Sonia gandhi is being exposed to some copious revelations constantly reverberating the political scene in our country. What we are looking at is some most pathetic governance devoid of any potentially sensible political insight , one can easily say so without any risk of contradiction, by a most casual,most randomly selected team of incompetent Ministers. Evidently lacking any ideas on most of the issues before the nation. Since Madame Sonia is supposed to be the most fundamental political wisdom in the party, she has to take the sole responsibility for the socio-economic- political mess she has got us into. Why is every one who matters in congress is involved in infighting, scams or mere ad-hocism? Are we heading towards a state of anarchy ? Raja,Chidambram ,the PM & now rumours about the Madame Sonia turning real? We as the citizens of a nation that is spear-heading the countries of the world in enterprise , technology & Industrial Growth have reasons to feel completely betrayed. With so much plunder all around how she has succeeded to project herself beyond all taint? Obviously she works in secluded privacy leaving a weak-kneed, sympathy- evoking PM to take the political constitutional load under ample understanding to follow precise instructed carriculum in a most defensive orientation. , Although as a matter of fact media has covered quite a lot,things have turned very complex for the life of a media person specially when issues & morals are in a state of continuous flux . Objectivity while reporting without some tangible easily verifiable facts on hand may not work on broad public perception specially in popular electronic media. But with the onslaught of investigative journalism things are likely to change sooner than we may imagine.

R K g

Siddart is right as far as reach of the news to the people at large is concerned. Electronic media contains mostly paid news and sensationalism; the exposure there is short lived, only until another (paid) news item comes. You cannot expect anything from electronic media, although they did a good job as far as CWG and 2G are concerned. The information in ur question should reach far and wide to have any effect, anywhere, whether the media, govt or the concerned parties. We only hope the truth comes out someday.

Ramasubramanian A

Whom are you fighting for ? Ok Do you know that people going in Buses or Railways dont know any of these stories about Mega Corruption Scandals ? Do they know about it ? NO YA is useless. I wont be posting a single question here in future. Here is my solution - unless you dont sell all this news in Tamil / Malayalam or Hindi / Marathi , you arent going anywhere ? Internet is inundated with all the news on corruption - thanks to brief period of non congress rule ... Atal Behari Vajpayee fully cooperated with Sonia Gandhi , because he also had alot to hide - so do all the present day BJP leadership. The problem is unless you dont go to the print media - in Hindi - you arent going anywhere ... Many hindi speaking guys never touch the internet ( so do bengalis & others ) People living as ordinary salaried men dont know any thing about this corruption scandals - black money - etc. You must reach out to these people - literally thousands - so you need the print media YA is practically useless - how many people are going to comment over here -10 or 20...people - will that matter in anyway. Congress Government has gagged both the print media & TV news channels - through threats & rewards - they are alll working under great pressure . Congress leaders litterally have Billions of US dollars enought to purchase any Politician in Europe or US. You will never achieve anything until you dont risk your own life & reach out to the public - just like subramanium swamy - I worship him. He is doing something miraculous Unless all these exposes dont reach a newspaper like Times of India , or Dainik Jagran , it wont cut much ice. This must come on Newspapers & TV . Try to reach out to millions ...see How ?

Siddharth

Very informative and eye opening as someone rightly mentioned.........besides thanking you for this great info sharing I also Thank you for exposing various facts about the real character of this Italian lady.......now we know who she is...........The media is sold at the hands of con-grace so no wonder that they did not report this at all.

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