P Chidambaram to be questioned by ED in Air India purchase probe
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned former finance minister P Chidambaram for questioning on August 23 in connection with its ongoing probe into alleged wrongdoing in purchase of 111 aircraft for Air India during the term of the erstwhile Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government.
Chidambaram will be questioned about the decision to purchase more aircraft from Airbus and Boeing than the initial requirement pegged at 43 and 24 aircraft, respectively, people with direct knowledge of the matter told ET on condition of anonymity. The senior Congress leader headed the empowered group of ministers that finalised the decision in 2009 to purchase the aircraft.
