Posted on Sunday, July 01, 2012 - 03:44 pm:

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Several aspirants

After the Kings and Captains had departed, intense political activity became evident. The aspirants included the late Arjun Singh, N.D Tiwari, Sharad Pawar and Madhav Rao Scindia. Sonia Gandhi was aware of this. I told her that the time had come for her to indicate her preference for Congress president. He would naturally become Prime Minister. For so momentous a decision, I suggested she ask P.N. Haksar for advice. She said she would let me know. Meanwhile, she consulted several people, including M.L. Fotedar.

The next day, she asked me to bring P.N. Haksar to No.10 Janpath. Haksar's advice was to offer the post to Vice-President Shankar Dayal Sharma. He suggested that Aruna Asaf Ali and I should sound out the Vice-President. Aruna Asaf Ali told the Vice-President that she and I had been asked to request him to accept the post of Congress party president. In other words, he would be the Prime Minister. Shankar Dayal Sharma gave us a patient hearing. He then said he was touched and honoured by Soniaji placing so much trust in him. What followed staggered Arunaji and me. The Vice-President continued, "The prime ministership of India is a full time job. My age and health would not let me to do justice to the most important office in the country. Kindly convey to Soniaji the reasons for my inability to take on such an awesome a responsibility". His answer was wholly unexpected. To turn down the prime ministership of India was something only a man of self-confidence and integrity could do.

On the way back, Arunaji and I hardly exchanged a word, because Shankar Dayalji's response had overwhelmed us.

We reported to Ms. Gandhi the Vice-President's decision. The country was without a Prime Minister. Such a hiatus could not be prolonged. Already the media was reporting unseemly and not-so-innocent jockeying for the job. Once again she turned to P.N. Haksar, who advised her to send for P.V. Narasimha Rao. The rest is history.

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Posted on Saturday, June 30, 2012 - 04:25 pm:

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Posted on Saturday, June 30, 2012 - 04:12 pm:

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Tilak:

oka NSG commando raasindi sadivaanu .. 86 - 93 time lo .. Q family kurrollu SPG register lo santakam pettakunda intlo ki enter ayyevaaru ani raasadu .. ofcourse .. idle annai guruvu digvijay laagane .. aa commando ni RSS quota lo esestaad anuko .. thats a different issue ..

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SPG OFFICER'S TESTIMONY

Headlines Today is in possession of the written statement of then Intelligence Bureau officer Naresh Chandra Gosain made before CBI Inspector Ghan Shyam Rai on March 29 1997. Between 1984 and 1987, Gosain was posted in the Special Protection Group of then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. He was part of the escort team. Between 1987 and 1989, Gosain served as the Personal Security Officer or the PSO of Sonia Gandhi.

During Deve Gowda's prime ministership in 1997, Gosain deposed before the CBI. This deposition has so far never been made public.

Headlines Today dug out this deposition, in which Gosain talks at length about the close family ties between the Gandhis and the Quattrocchis.

In his testimony Gosain says, "Mr Ottavio Quattrocchi and his wife Ms Maria Quattrocchi were very close to Mr Rajiv Gandhi and Mrs Sonia Gandhi. When Shri Rajiv Gandhi became Prime Minister, Mr Quattrocchi and his family members used to visit PM house and the family members of Shri Rajiv Gandhi also used to visit the house of Mr Quattrocchi."

"In the initial period of Prime Ministership of Shri Rajiv Gandhi, the children of Shri Rajiv Gandhi used to stay at Mr Quattrocchi's house during the foreign visits/domestic visits of the Prime Minister. We used to perform our shift duties at the residence of Mr Quattrocchi on such occasions. Sometimes, Mrs Sonia Gandhi has also stayed in the house of Mr Quattrocchi and at that time we used to perform our duties there."

Gosain goes on to add that Ottavio Quattrocchi and his wife Maria enjoyed free access to the Prime Minister's house. 'At No. 5 & 7 Race Course Road, private cars were not allowed to enter inside the bungalow. Only the ferry cars of SPG, after severe security checks, used to carry such visitors from reception to porch and back. Mr Quattrocchi and Mrs Maria Quattrocchi were very close to Shri Rajiv Gandhi's family and they got free access to the PM's House.'

"All visitors to No 5 & 7 Race Course Road were issued passes at the reception near the alighting point. Every time, a card was kept ready for Mr. Quattrocchi and his family members as and when they visited the PM's house. Everybody in SPG posted at PM house knew Mr Quattrocchi and his family members. Hence, there was no question of identifying them."

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Posted on Saturday, June 30, 2012 - 04:07 pm:

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Farmer:

massimo qua gadi fb soodi..motham desi galle vunnaar...babu kodukul idharu strong gaa pattesinatu vunnaar desanni

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Farmer:

In January 2006, these frozen bank accounts were unexpectedly released by India's law ministry, apparently without the consent of the CBI which had asked for them to be frozen.[3]
On 6 February 2007, Ottavio Quattrocchi was detained in Argentina on the basis of the Interpol warrant. The Indian investigating agency CBI came under attack for putting up a half-hearted effort towards his extradition[4] and India lost the case for his extradition in June 2007, the judge remarking that "India did not even present proper legal documents".[5] Embarrassingly, India was asked to pay Ottavio's legal expenses.

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Posted on Saturday, June 30, 2012 - 03:51 pm:

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Posted on Saturday, June 30, 2012 - 03:43 pm:

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Tilak:

Quattrochi gadu evari friend?

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Posted on Saturday, June 30, 2012 - 03:30 pm:

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Farmer:

sonia chesindhaa leka rajiv chesada..

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Idle_yzag:

OT rechipooo inka

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Posted on Saturday, June 30, 2012 - 03:21 pm:

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Tilak:

1986 lo Bofors scam seyyadam ..

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Tilak:

1998 lo musali Kesri ni darunam ga mosam sesi Congress pesident aipodam ..

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Tilak:

1999 lo PM avuthanu ani Pesident Narayanan gori daggara ki elli .. Mulayam goru hand ivvadam tho abhasu paalavvatam ..
2004 lo matram tyaagam sesinda?

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Posted on Saturday, June 30, 2012 - 03:09 pm:

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Farmer:

sitaram kesri ni presidentgaa vunchi, aadi tharvatha gudisela enkat swamy ki ichi, aa tharvatha pranab koo azad kooo ichi vunte, meeku baagaaa comfort gaa vundedhi anukunta

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Posted on Saturday, June 30, 2012 - 03:04 pm:

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Tilak:

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Posted on Saturday, June 30, 2012 - 03:02 pm:

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Farmer:

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Tilak:

anyways kesri gurinchi Rss kahanee chadivaara?

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Posted on Saturday, June 30, 2012 - 03:01 pm:

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Tilak:

mastaru nenu cheppindi 1999 elections gurinchi .. i thought u were refering to 99.

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Farmer:

asalu congress appudu elections edurkune antha strong gaa ledhu...ainaa kesri gujral ki support withdraw chesi thodagattadu....naakesadu.

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Posted on Saturday, June 30, 2012 - 02:58 pm:

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Farmer:

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Posted on Saturday, June 30, 2012 - 02:57 pm:

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Vjavasi:

pracharam chesthe kesri daaniki voluntary ga presidentship ichesada?...

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Posted on Saturday, June 30, 2012 - 02:54 pm:

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Tilak:

112 vachayi .. elections ki munde peekesaaru kesri ni ..

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Tilak:

teliyandi matladakudadu gaa ..

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Posted on Saturday, June 30, 2012 - 02:42 pm:

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Farmer:

lol..bhale cheptaru Rss kahanilu...sitaram kesri sonia ki poti naa? athanu president gaa vunnappudu koodaa sonia ne pracharam chesindhi..

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Farmer:

150 seats emoo vachayi.....congress vodipoyindhi ani kesri ne peekesaaru...

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Vjavasi:

1999 lo nenu PM avuthaa ani president daggaraki pyindhi MP balam lekunda........appudu endukuclaim chesindhi mari

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Posted on Saturday, June 30, 2012 - 02:40 pm:

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Farmer:

lol..bhale cheptaru Rss kahanilu...sitaram kesri sonia ki poti naa? athanu president gaa vunnappudu koodaa sonia ne pracharam chesindhi..150 seats emoo vachayi.....congress vodipoyindhi ani kesri ne peekesaaru...
asalu congress appudu elections edurkune antha strong gaa ledhu...ainaa kesri gujral ki support withdraw chesi thodagattadu....naakesadu.....dhaniki sonia aadni bathroom loo pettatam enti...bathroom ki gollem petti aicc president avvataniki idhemanna manmadhudu cinemaa naaa

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Posted on Saturday, June 30, 2012 - 02:29 pm:

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Vjavasi:

PVNR tarvatha keasri musalodini bathroom lo talam vesi maree balavantham ga ayyindhi congress president

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Posted on Saturday, June 30, 2012 - 02:05 pm:

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Onlytruth:

Bhartha pothe years together family life/privacy prefer jesindhi....entire party ni adhikaranni vadilesukundhi hibernation loki vellipoindhi

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Posted on Saturday, June 30, 2012 - 01:56 pm:

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Onlytruth:

aa roju aa hour em jarigindhi ? She has PM post in hand with all official documents ready... simple ga vadilesukundhi

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Posted on Saturday, June 30, 2012 - 01:24 pm:

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Vjavasi:

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Posted on Saturday, June 30, 2012 - 01:24 pm:

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Vjavasi:

.akkada aitalian mafia motham desam gulla chestunte tyagam ani sannayi nokkulu.......

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Posted on Saturday, June 30, 2012 - 01:19 pm:

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Vjavasi:

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Posted on Saturday, June 30, 2012 - 01:13 pm:

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Onlytruth:

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Posted on Saturday, June 30, 2012 - 01:09 pm:

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Stalwart:

iffudunna ministers thinakundaane vunnaaaraa ani....

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Posted on Saturday, June 30, 2012 - 01:08 pm:

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Posted on Saturday, June 30, 2012 - 01:02 pm:

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Stalwart:

gaakundaa chesi baagaa Janaallo thirigelaa chesi meeku dhakkaalsindhi dhakkakundaa poyindhigaaa...

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Posted on Saturday, June 30, 2012 - 12:58 pm:

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Methhanithodugu:

bichana ethesina Jagana daaa ..

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Posted on Saturday, June 30, 2012 - 12:31 pm:

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Siloan:

comments from cocam ba

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