New Delhi, August 22: Breaking his decade-long silence, former India External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh Friday sought to embarrass leader of Opposition L K Advani by saying that he “covered” up for him when he said that the former Home Minister was not not aware that he was going to Kandahar with three terrorists during the 1999 hijack episode.
He also said Advani was aware of the decision to release of the terrorists in exchange for freedom of over 160 hostages kept in the Indian Airlines plane that was hijacked.
“Yes, he did,” Singh, who was expelled two days ago from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), told NDTV when asked whether Advani knew that Singh was going to Kandahar with three terrorists.
–PTI