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The Big Gun Falls Silent: Madhavsinh Solanki Carried the Secrets of Bofors to his Grave FOLLOW US ON: The last rites of four-time Gujarat chief minister Madhavsinh Solanki, who died on Saturday at the age of 94, were carried out on Sunday. Solanki was external affairs minister in PV Narasimha Rao s cabinet, but he quit his post in March 1992 after being accused of trying to sabotage the investigation in the Bofors case and was never part of any other government again. A close associate of Indira Gandhi, Solanki never opened his mouth on Bofors till his death even as he had to pay a heavy political price for it. ....
Madhavsinh Solanki: Man behind that Bofors note and Gujarat s most enduring caste alliance ByRadhika RamaseshanRadhika Ramaseshan / Updated: Jan 9, 2021, 15:16 IST Madhavsinh Solanki would have earned a prominent place in India’s annals as one of its most successful political leaders had fate and the push to please the Congress’s first family not besmirched his CV. Solanki, who passed away today at 93, was the Congress’s longest serving Chief Minister in Gujarat and achieved for his party, the kind of majority in the legislature that the BJP has not surpassed at the pinnacle of Narendra Modi’s popularity. As the external affairs minister in P V Narasimha Rao’s cabinet, Solanki was sent to Davos to attend the World Economic Forum in February 1992. Instead of mingling with the movers and shakers at the exclusive retreat, he allegedly used the trip to pursue another agenda. If Solanki’s purported objective was fulfilled, it would have guaranteed him a n ....