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Chitra Subramaniam spent a decade in a story where neither the political parties, nor the public are interested. Why such an worthless effort? Media has to correct its priorities. The bofors scam occurred in 1987 i.e. more than 36 years ago. There are many more bigger scams occurred after that namely, demonetization, electoral funds, Ayushman Bharat, etc. which are still relevant. So why spent a decade in something irrelevant? Did she get money from BJP?
Chitra Subramaniam spent a decade in a story where neither the political parties, nor the public are interested. Why such an worthless effort? Media has to correct its priorities. The bofors scam occurred in 1987 i.e. more than 36 years ago. There are many more bigger scams occurred after that namely, demonetization, electoral funds, Ayushman Bharat, etc. which are still relevant. So why spent a decade in something irrelevant? Did she get money from BJP?