Wednesday, December 21 2005 20:12 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy today (Dec 21, 2005) said he has approached the CBI seeking registration of an FIR against Congress President Sonia Gandhi in connection with the Volcker Committee report and threatened to move the judiciary if a case was not registered.

Addressing a press conference here, he said Gandhi's office had "not been able to deny with documentary proof" the accusation of the Volcker Committee of the party "having obtained illegal gratification" in Iraq's oil-for-food programme despite weeks having passed since the report was made public.

"I have asked the CBI to register an FIR under Foreign Currency Regulation Authority (FCRA) and IPC," he said.

"If the CBI fails to file the case, I will file a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in either High Court or Supreme Court", Swamy said.

He also demanded that Income Tax authorities collect taxes on undisclosed incomes of the Congress party from Iraq oil deal of the Congress party.

Noting that Virendra Dayal, government's special envoy to collect details on Volcker issue, had gathered documents during his visits to the UN, Jordan and Iraq, Swamy demanded that their list be placed in Parliament if tabling of the documents was not possible.

To a question, he said that he approached the CBI as he had no faith in the Justice R S Pathak Commission.