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Finally, a little-known non-resident Indian businessman brings the former prime minister to heel


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Aug 21, 1996

Too Many Crooks?
PV’s Nemesis (July 24), brilliantly revealed the importance of middlemen in politics. Middlemen play an important role in getting favours done. Had Chandraswami acquired the contract for the supply of newsprint for Lakhubhai Pathak for the alleged payment of $100,000, no one would have known about the Pickle King.

Had Rao really asked Pathak to pay money to Chandraswami? Had the former prime minister assured him that he would get the contract for the supply of newsprint? (Rao had reportedly told Pathak—"Pathakji, Swamiji ne mujhko sab kuchh bata diya hai, aapka kaam ho jayega" The blank assurance only shows the influence Chandraswami had on him. Till recently he had direct access to Rao (his Mercedes Benz never stopped for a security check at Rao’s residence). Since Pathak has not named Rao in the FIR filed with the CBI in 1989, it is clear that his intention was not to fight Rao but to get his money back.

Nujum H., Ghaziabad

Your cover story provided a detailed account of the crimes and modus operandi employed by criminal-politicians occupying important positions in the government. Whatever be the outcome of the Rao-Swami-Pathak episode, their ‘ignominious’ behavior has surely put the whole nation to shame.

K.S.N. Raju, Vizianagaram

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