UPA Allies bribed to support the Iran pipeline?
Dated 23/7/2005
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23 July 2005: Certain political parties which will benefit from kickbacks in the India-Pakistan-Iran pipeline deal have commenced to vigorously campaign for it, directly opposing prime minister Manmohan Singh, who said in a Washington Post interview during his US tour that he did not expect a consortium of international banks to underwrite the deal, because of uncertainties about Iran.
Top government sources claim involvement of a UK-based multinational business and trading house in the pipeline deal, which has been instructed by certain ministerial authorities to divert half of its expected receipts from consultations on the project to supportive political parties which are allies of the UPA government, and to pledge investments in states controlled by them.
In return, these parties are expected to oppose a reshuffle of the ministerial authorities by the prime minister, who has been seriously contemplating a unified department of energy, comprising nuclear and conventional power, petroleum and natural gas, coal, and others.
