from daijiworld's special correspondent

Panaji, Aug 12: The Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) on Saturday demanded full enquiry to bring out the truth behind the food for oil scam claiming that Pathak Enquiry Authority has absolved congress merely on presumptions.

BJP's national president Rajnath Singh, who was down in Goa, talking to the press, demanded that special agency should be empowered to enquire into entire episode. "BJP should be taken into confidence before deciding on agency," he said.

Speaking about Pathak authority, singh said," the Pathak enquiry has left it open to interpretation as to how congress party's name figured in the list of non-contractual beneficiaries."

"Congress president Sonia Gandhi's statement should have been recorded by the authority," he added.

The BJP president said that the authority traces money trail from Baghdad to Delhi's Hamadan export but loses interest to track it further. "There was enough proof on which Pathak could have deliberated in deciding whether congress was involved in the deal," he said.

Singh quoted former external affair minister Natwar Singh statement which says: nothing was done without prior permission of Sonia Gandhi.

"Toothless commission was set up right from the beginning to absolve the congress," he alleged.

Singh also said," it should have been inquired as to who introduced the congress delegation to Iraqui government and did congress president Sonia Gandhi write an introductory letter."

The BJP national president also demanded that account books of all India congress committee should have been checked whether the party was a non-contractual beneficiary in the food for oil deal.