In his book, Unknown Facets of Rajiv Gandhi, Jyoti Basu and Indrajit Gupta, released in November 2013, former CBI director Dr. A P Mukherjee wrote that Gandhi wanted commission paid by defence suppliers to be used exclusively for meeting running expenses of the Congress party.Rajiv Gandhi told me to use arms deal payoffs for party funds: Ex-CBI chief . Indian Express (13 November 2013). Retrieved on 21 May 2014. Mukherjee said Gandhi explained his position in a meeting between the two at the prime minister's residence on 19 June 1989.FTP ACCESS In May 2015, Indian president Pranab Mukherjee said the scandal was a "media trial" as "no Indian court has as yet established it as a scandal".
In his book, Unknown Facets of Rajiv Gandhi, Jyoti Basu and Indrajit Gupta, released in November 2013, former CBI director Dr. A P Mukherjee wrote that Gandhi wanted commission paid by defence suppliers to be used exclusively for meeting running expenses of the Congress party.Rajiv Gandhi told me to us?e arms deal payoffs for party funds: Ex-CBI chief . Indian Express (13 November 2013). Retrieved on 21 May 2014. Mukherjee said Gandhi explained his position in a meeting between the two at the prime minister's residence on 19 June 1989.FTP ACCESS In May 2015, Indian president Pranab Mukherjee said the scandal was a "media trial" as "no Indian court has as yet established it as a scandal".