Journalist: Mr. Ambassador, Rajiv Gandhi has invited greater investment in India from West German industrialists. Ambassador: That’s right.

Journalist: He assured the prospective investors to of setting faster channels for joint collaborations and liberation of the procedures.

Ambassador: Very correct.

Journalists: Will he name his new venture as “RAJIV & RAJIV LIMITED” or will he set up a partnership concern with Amitabh Bachchan for collaboration with West German industrialists?

Ambassador: Not in national interest to disclose.

Journalist Mr. Ambassador, it is reported that Gurkha National Liberation Front is receiving huge quantity of arms and ammunitions from the Tamil militants of Sri Lanka.

Ambassador. That’s right.

Journalist: These arms were originally supplied to the Tamil militants by the Indian government to create troubles in Sri Lanka.

Ambassador: Very correct.

Journalist: Don’t you think Sikh freedom fighters may also be receiving arms from the Tamil militants and not from Pakistan?

Ambassador: Not in national interest to disclose.

Journalist: Mr. Ambassador, Indian Home Minister, Buta Singh denied that Congress (I) had struck an electoral alliance with Jayalalitha faction of AIADMK.

Ambassador: That’s right.

Journalist: He, however, admitted discussing the alliance issue with AIADMK faction leader Mr. S. Ramachandran.

Ambassador: Very correct.

Journalist: Don’t you think Buta Singh’s denial is designed to get better terms as he knows that Congress (I) of its own cannot win elections in Tamil Nadu?

Ambassador: Not in national interest to disclose.

Article extracted from this publication >> June 17, 1988