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Relieved at his name finally being exonerated
from the Bofors scam that happened almost 25 years back during his tryst
as a politico, actor Amitabh Bachchan took to blogging to express his
relief. Following getting a clean chit in the Bofors gun payoff scandal
from former Swedish police chief Sten Lindstrom, the actor wrote about
it on his blog. “I speak from personal experience and personal
exoneration. 25 years after the incident, I read today from one that
pioneered accusation and investigation, of innocence. Of the fault that
never lay before me. Of one that remained and shall perhaps remain a
darkened spot, blemished beyond all recognition, but in admittance of
wrong doing against me,” the actor posted late night on Tuesday. He
added, “No one shall be able to understand or even remotely fathom, the
hours and days and months and years of the anguish of petulant blame,
that I had to go through… They won momentarily. But lost ultimately.
Lost position and strength and power yes, but importantly their
conscience. And today that counts the most!”
The Bofors scandal that
had rocked the Indian political scene, involved bribing and illegal
payoffs in the late 1980s with accusations made against the late Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi as well as Bachchan, who was then a Congress MP,
for alleged involvement in the illegal deals. It may also be recalled
that the actor and the Gandhi family who were very close till the
scandal broke out were believed to have grown distant since.
The
ailing actor, who had been bed-ridden for the past several weeks has
also recently begun shooting again and shot for an advertisement on
Monday in Filmcity. The ad apart, Bachchan Sr has also been holding
meetings with channel bosses to start the shoots for the next season of
Kaun Banega Crorepati set to air sometime in August. |
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