New Delhi: The former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, on Friday denied having personally taken the decision to release three hardcore terrorists, to deliver them to the Taliban, after the hijacking of an Indian Airlines plane in December 1999.
He told reporters this when a question was put to him following the issue being raised in Parliament earlier in the day.
Both Houses were adjourned for a while when the matter came up following a reported statement of the former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Farooq Abdullah. Dr. Abdullah was reported to have charged Mr. Vajpayee with taking the decision.
Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson V.K. Malhotra also said that "it was a Cabinet decision and not a single person present at the meeting had objected."
26/08/06 The Hindu
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