New Delhi: Government on Wednesday reacted sharply to scam-tainted Finmeccanica’s warning "to reassess ongoing projects" of supplying components to India, which has initiated process of blacklisting the Italian firm, saying no threat can scare it.
If you have any queries on this, the Defence Ministry, in appropriate manner, will respond to it. But let me say one thing as spokesperson of the Union Cabinet that our government does not get scared of any threat," Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said.
He was responding to a question on Italy’s Finmeccanica, tainted in the alleged AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter scam, warning of reassessing its ongoing projects of supplying components and essential services if an "agreed and transparent solution" was not found in the backdrop of the on-going blacklisting process.
In a statement on Tuesday, the firm said that despite the "context of uncertainty", it has over the past few years it continued to supply components and services essential to ensuring the operation of platforms and equipment for the Indian armed forces “in the spirit of cooperation”.
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar had said the government has decided to cancel all ongoing tenders for defence equipment won by Finmeccanica as a precursor to blacklisting of the firm, which is being investigated for bribery in the AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter deal.
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