Countering Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kirit Somaiya's allegations with regard to the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said that he did purchase shops from a mall owned by MGF in the capital, adding he has mentioned the same in his affidavit.
"Yes I did and it is on my affidavit. What is wrong in it?" asked Gandhi.
The Congress vice-president had yesterday dared the ruling BJP at the Centre and said that he was happy to be targeted.
"I am always being targeted, happy to be targeted," said Gandhi said while reacting to the BJP's allegations that his one-time aide Kanishk Singh, who is the director of the Emaar-MGF group, was closely linked to the deal.
Somaiya had earlier said that Gandhi owes an explanation in the AgustaWestland scam.
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Somaiya has alleged that the Congress vice-president and Kanishk Singh were connected to Guido Haschke, one of the middlemen in the AgustaWestland deal.
Haschke, Somaiya has alleged, was also involved in the 2010 CWG scam.
"Emaar-MGF was involved in the CWG scam. There too, there was Guido Haschke. This cannot be a mere coincidence," Somaiya told ANI earlier.
Kanishk, however, yesterday rubbished Somaiya's allegations accusing him of having a stake in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam as malafide and baseless.
"Mr. Somaiya's allegations about me are entirely baseless, false and with an ulterior political motive. Somaiya has been making these false allegations about me with malafide intent since February 2013," Kanishk said in a statement.
Kanishka demanded that Somaiya should provide proof at the earliest which would facilitate a proper investigation and prosecution of the guilty.
He also said it is up to the agencies to investigate whether officials of AgustaWestland were involved with Emaar-MGF or not.
