Subramanian Swamy has once again flagged the issue of credibility
of the Gandhi-Nehru family. In several documents relating to a U.K.private
firm, Rahul Gandhi who held 65% share in the company was shown as a British
citizen though its Memorandum of Association named him as an Indian. Was it a
mistake or did Rahul Gandhi become a British citizen for some time or was it a
ruse to achieve something or get over some difficulty? Only Rahul Gandhi can
clarify. But he has every right not to incriminate himself!
Following news appeared in 2012:
“Janata Party President Dr.
Subramanian Swamy has alleged that Rahul Gandhi owned a private firm Back-Ops
Private Limited, on government property and indulged in fraudulent means to
keep it afloat. Dr. Swamy said that the company had its office registered in a
government bungalow in New Delhi, with the registration being in the names of
Rahul’s sister Priyanka and her husband Robert Vadra. There are also
allegations of Rahul having given out conflicting turnover statements regarding
the company’s assets declaration form before the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
This, said Dr Swamy, makes the company’s credibility dubious, with Rahul Gandhi
holding 82% of the company’s shares. The company was closed down in a tearing
hurry when Dr. Swamy raised the issue in Parliament in 2011.
Dr.
Swamy said that Rahul Gandhi’s company received money from foreign sources
without permission from the Reserve Bank of India. “The company itself had
stated in 2005 that it received Rs 41 lakhs as foreign exchange,” he said in a
written statement. ”Number one, he has earned foreign exchange, all the
money that he has earned is through foreign exchange. No one is sure whether it
is 41,00,000 rupees ($76,271.97) or 41,000 ($762.72) rupees. Secondly, they
have shown their registered office as a government lodge. That is illegal,”
said the Janata Party President, calling for a probe into the matter. He said
he has already written a letter to the Minister of Corporate Affairs Veerappa
Moily.
According
to Dr Swamy, the setting up of a private firm in any government property is
illegal. Also Rahul Gandhi had never made a mention of the company when he
declared his assets before the general elections of 2004 and 2009. The company
never filed for accounts in 2003 and 2004 either, which makes it a violation of
the Companies Act. ”The company was registered in 2002, but its
accounts were filed with the Registrar of Companies (RoC) only in 2007,” he
said.
“He has
misused the privileges of a government residence. Secondly, he did not file the
Registration Of Companies accounts. In 2011, they filed everything and also
filed an application to close down the company, while making Priyanka the
additional director. There are multiple frauds and we demand a probe into this.
I am going to write a letter to Moily that this company is fraud. They should
resign from Parliament as they have lied to it,” he said.
Swamy
also added that Rahul Gandhi managed the company’s accounts from Pictet
Bank of Switzerland. However, more information on the nature of accounts could
not be retrieved owing to the bank’s privacy policies. Sources have revealed
that Backops Services Pvt. Ltd was registered on 22 May, 2002 for providing
“back office and advisory support services to international and domestic
clients”. A US citizen Ulrik R McKnight was appointed as Director. “Here again
a violation of rules took place, with the Registrar of Companies not being
informed about the appointment of a foreigner from 2005 onwards,” the statement
from Dr. Swamy mentioned.
BJP'S political compromise with the
Gandhi family will ensure that the Backops issue will soon be forgotten. The
prevailing policy is, "Your turn of looting the country is over. Now it is
our turn. Mavericks like Ram Jethmalani and Subramanian Swamy will be allowed
their say. But we will have our way. Who can deny us, the dog, our day? Let us
not lose our venal focus by trying to prove each other's guilt." In any
other country the allegations like in Backops will be investigated and truth
arrived at.ill soon be forgotten. Incidents like
Backops which will be investig
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