“A close Embassy contact on the PAC recently alleged that Gachchhadar offered him a bribe to support the deal and even threatened the PM that he would pull his party out of government if the Airbus deal did not go through,” reads a confidential cable leaked by Wikileaks.[break]
The cable, dated February 24 and labeled confidential, deals with US Embassy’s charge d’ Affaires Donald A Camp’s meeting with finance secretary Rameshwor Khanal and outlines the process of NAC’s aircraft procurement process.
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