Rajiv Gandhi's Assassination Part 06 - Last Part

This series of blogs explains various dimensions of Rajiv Gandhi's assassination. Though LTTE carried out the assassination, they were just hitmen contracted by someone very powerful. 

The real conspirators, planners and financiers were different people. They were hiding behind layers of curtains and virtually untraceable. After assassination, they executed a perfect plan to cover their tracks. Hence they cannot be traced but one can make a logical conclusion about the main kingpin. 

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Part 6 

Final closing comments  - Following are my thoughts based on the research
that I had done for a couple of years. I am not saying my narrative is true as I do not
have any proof. This is based on some facts and political deductions.

After Rajiv lost elections in 1989, he stopped taking advice from senior party leaders
but trusted more on his close friends and family members. In short, his family members
and his close friends became is advisers. Hence they always played a vital role in
Rajiv’s decisions.

There were some very important decisions made that ultimately killed Rajiv and those
decisions could not have been made without the consent from his family and close
friends. These decisions were;

1. Weakening of his security under the pretext that he needs to mix freely with the people.
2. Arranging two meetings with LTTE to fool Rajiv.
3. Arranging his meeting in TN, though there was a serious threat to his life.
4. Exposing him to a very dangerous security situation at Sri Perambuddur's meeting venue.

Unfortunately, the answers to these questions were never published in the public domain
hence we do not know exactly who pushed Rajiv towards the killers? 

But some guesswork can be done by connecting the dots.

Rajiv and Sonia’s security

During 1991, Rajiv was the last doyen of the Gandhi dynasty. Rajiv's kids Rahul and
Priyanka were very young to take charge of family. Death of Rajiv was a very big blow
to the Congress party, which even today, cannot survive without the name “GANDHI”
in its leadership. With this reality, it is clear that congress party leaders, outside Rajiv's
close friends and family, must have had no interest in killing him. If there was no
"Gandhi" in congress party then congress leaders could not win the elections without
"Gandhi's Name"! Therefore, It must be someone within his close friends and family
who must have planned his assassination with a motive to take control of family wealth,
goodwill and political heritage.

If we probe a little more into it, then his FAMILY’s name comes out more prominently
as the beneficiary. This is because, his family got all the Gandhi family wealth, goodwill
and the political soft corner after his death. 

To make my argument, I will take you back a few years now. 

After Indira Gandhi’s death, Sonia was pleading Rajiv not to become Prime Minister.
She was fearing that her husband might get the same fate like his mother, meaning
someone might kill him too. Her fear was not at all baseless considering situation in
India in 1984. But it seems, Rajiv replied to her saying, if he were to die then he would
die either way (meaning he could be killed even without being a Prime Minister). This
incident is narrated by Sonia Gandhi herself in one of the old interviews, which is
still there on YouTube.

This is very important to understand. This shows, Sonia was very concerned about

Rajiv’s safety. If this is true then why she did not object when Rajiv asked his security

to be weakened? Why she allowed Rajiv’s meeting with the LTTE emissaries two times

in their house in Delhi? Why she did not warn Rajiv of a possible foul play by LTTE? And,

most important, why did she allow Rajiv to visit TN, knowing he had the highest risk to

his life in TN? After all she was his wife and an advisor. Sonia has never talked about it

and hence we don’t know the reasons.

After Rajiv was killed, some Congress party leaders were enthusiastic to make her
congress leader in 1991 itself. But Sonia politely rejected the ask. Everyone expected
that Sonia would leave India and settle in Europe. If she had migrated, it would have been
very natural, considering her safety concerns. She saw her mother in law getting killed,
she saw her husband getting killed and being a mother, now she must have been worried
about the safety of her kids. 

She had all the money, family fortune to lead a comfortable life in Europe by acquiring a
different identity. She would have been very safe in some remote town in Europe. In fact,
later in 2002, Rahul Gandhi used a new identity for his study in the US. She too could
have done it, but she did not. 

In one of the interviews, Sonia narrated how difficult it was for her to live in Delhi after
Rajiv’s death. She said, her house was guarded 24X7 by the armed commandos and
all the activities were constantly monitored. She and her kids had all sorts of restrictions
and could not live a normal life. She always had fear when kids went out for something.

This must be true, but then the question is, why she chose to remain in India under
such a threat? Being an Italian, she had no roots in India and she culturally did not belong
to India. On the top of it, she was worried about the safety of her family. Usually a foreigner
would not take this risk unless he/she is waiting for some benefits to come. Sonia has not
explained herself on this hence we do not know the rationale. 

Sonia’s journey from Rajiv's widow to a Prime Ministerial candidate

After Rajiv’s death, during Lok Sabha polls in 1991, Congress party became the largest party
but failed to get a majority. Hence Congress party wanted to form government with no clear
majority.

Congress leaders, as usual wanted “GANDHI” brand name hence they tapped Sonia for
becoming the Prime Minister. But as per the newspaper reports, she refused because she
was still in the shock of losing Rajiv. Rajiv had died just a few months earlier.

Although she refused to become Prime Minister but she was not out of politics. She
suggested name of Shankar Dayal Sharma as her choice for PM. At that time Sharma
was Vice President of India. He refused the offer, sighting his advanced age. Then Sonia
reluctantly agreed on P. V. Narsimha Rao’s name because he was the next senior most
leader in congress. By the way both these names were suggested to Sonia by their
trusted family friend P. N. Huksur. 

The retired old politician PVNR was called back to become PM as a compromise
candidate because Sonia did not want Sharad Pawar to become PM. Sharad Pawar
demanded election in the Congress Parliamentary Party to elect PM but PVNR won
because of Sonia’s support. 

It is interesting to note that within two months of Rajiv’s death, Sonia was taking an
active interest in selecting next PM of India. Remember, till Rajiv was alive, she was
not in the political forefront anywhere. But after his death, she took a keen interest on
selecting next PM. 

It is interesting to see Sonia’s choice for the PM. First was Shankar Dayal Sharma
and then PVNR. Both were old and retired from politics. 

Now let’s consider another important point. 

Karunanidhi was known for his links with LTTE. Just before Rajiv was killed, Prime
Minister Chandrashekhar had dismissed his government under the charges of
Karunanidhi government’s complicity with LTTE. The Verma commission too blamed
Karunanidhi and suspected that he had a role in Rajiv’s killing. Commission had
recommended that Karunanidhi must be investigated for his role in killing Rajiv
Gandhi. All this is showing that Karunanidhi was a suspect in Rajiv Gandhi’s
assassination.

But when PVNR government made an alliance with AIADMK party, which is an opponent
of Karunanidhi during the 1996 election, congress senior leaders like G. K. Moopnaar, P.
Chidambaram left congress party and formed a new local party named Tamil Manila
Congress (TMC). Karunanidhi won those elections and became CM. TMC later
collaborated with KarunanidhI. Please note, P. Chidambaram and G. K. moopnar were
considered as close confidante of Gandhi family.

The same Karunanidhi, was accused of being a conspirator to Rajiv’s killing and the
gang of Moopnar and P. Chidambaram joined Karunanidhi. If we apply the logic then
does it mean that Moopnaar and Chidambaram supported Karunanidhi at the behest
of Sonia? It is interesting to note that, the duo came back to congress soon after Sonia
became congress president in 1998.

Another important factor to consider. Later in 2004, when Vajpai government lost the
elections, congress had no clear majority of their own to form the government and created
an alliance of multiple parties. Sonia surprisingly included Karunanidhi in UPA instead of
AIADMK or some other party. 

How come Sonia could forgive and forget Karunanidhi who was accused of his
involvement in killing her husband? And not only that,  she allowed him to be a partner
in her government. Who would forgive husband’s killer so easily? This really looks very
strange...Sonia has never clarified on this point too.

Hence there is enough room to suggest that Sonia had some kind of relationship with
Karunanidhi who was accused of conspiring to kill Rajiv.

Later, Karunanidhi's family to swindle hundreds of crores of Rupees in 2G scam and
nothing happened to them!

Sonia and her family demanded Rajiv’s killers, Nalini and her husband be pardoned and
be released from the jail. Priyanka Gandhi even visited her father’s killer in the TN jail.
This too looks strange to demand their release.  

Sonia said, she has forgiven Nalini and her husband for Rajiv's killing. If Sonia is so kind
hearted then why she did not show the same forgiveness to PVNR’s dead body? She did
not even allow his body to enter Congress party’s headquarters and did not allow funeral
to be done in New Delhi. Hence Sonia’s expression of forgiveness is all B.S. 

Another interesting fact, Nalini and her Sri Lankan husband Murugan got married after
killing Rajiv and Nalinili was pregnant when she was arrested. Later in 1992 she gave
birth to a daughter. Her daughter, Harithra Sriharn lived in the jail with her mother for couple
of years. But later she was sent back to Sri Lanka to her maternal grandparents. Nalini
pleaded to give Harithra Indian citizenship but it was rejected. Then she was completely
out of news for number of years. Recently Harithra came into news because she completed
Bio Medical Engineering in Glasgow UK! Good to see Harithra taking good education but
question remains, who paid for her education right from high school till college in UK?
Education in UK is not cheap and getting this kind of education for an orphaned child
raises questions. Was it again a goodwill gesture of Gandhi Family?

The money factor…

It is accused that Prabhakaran received a final payment of 65 million USD just two days
before Rajiv was killed. It was wire transferred to his foreign bank. This gives a suspicion
that LTTE was a contract killer and they killed Rajiv for money. And that also explains
why Prabhakan took the risk of losing everything by killing Rajiv. He was expecting a “
Favorable” government to come to power in India after Rajiv was killed. This would have
covered all his sins. Plus he was paid lavishly for the hit job hence he accepted the hit job. 

But to his bad luck, he did not get favorable government immediately after killing Rajiv
and PVNR became the PM of India. This ruined his plan.

If this payment info is true, then it shows Prabhakaran killed Rajiv purely for money and
there was no other motive. The conspirators and financiers were different people, who still
remain behind the curtains.

This is the final point…

When Sonia Gandhi got married with Rajiv in 1968, the Gandhi family was going really
great in Indian politics. Indira Gandhi herself was a very strong leader, later her younger
son Sanjay joined her in the politics and he was her political successor. Rajiv at that time
was not interested in politics and was not a political successor to Indira. Rajiv at that time
was a commercial pilot in Air India.

The point is, before 1980, Sonia had not even the remotest chance of getting Gandhi
family’s political fortune. 

But in 1980 Sanjay died in a plane crash, Indira was killed in 1984 and Rajiv was killed
in 1991. In other words, within 11 years, all the three strong people of Gandhi dynasty
died in UNNATURAL DEATHS and Italian born lady became sole owner of Gandhi
family’s fortune and the political heritage. Her only legal partner in Gandhi Family's
wealth was Sanjay's widow Maneka Gandhi. But she was disowned by Indira Gandhi
immediately after Sanjay's death.

Does it not feel odd that a foreigner lady, who had no bonding with India, no
understanding of Indian culture, traditions, suddenly became head of the Gandhi
dynasty...after three important people of the Gandhi family died unnatural deaths? 

Later Sonia grabbed the Gandhi family’s political heritage too and ruled India,
which is the largest democracy on the earth for TEN long years. Her rule was
tainted with big scams and corruption charges. 

It was rumored that Sonia was listed as the fourth richest and powerful lady in the
world in some international magazine. Isn't it amazing, a half educated, middle class
Italian lady grabbing power in India and minting money to become 4th richest powerful
person in the world? 

Earlier we talked about the “Beneficiary” in the political assassinations. There is no
doubt, Sonia was the biggest beneficiary of Rajiv’s death. She not only got Gandhi
family’s wealth but she grabbed political power too, under the “Gandhi” name. She
earned enough money in 10 years of UPA government  so that her 70 next generations
can enjoy a lavish life. 

I leave to the readers to make their final judgement. 

Thanks for reading….