Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Bofors scandal was a major corruption scandal in Sweden and India in the 1980s and 1990s, initiated by Congress politicians and implicating the Indian prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi and several other members of the Swedish and Indian governments who were accused of receiving kickbacks from Bofors AB for winning a bid to supply India's 155 mm field howitzer.The scandal relates to illegal kickbacks paid in a US$ 1.3 billion deal between the Swedish arms manufacturer Bofors with the government of India for the sale of 410 field howitzer guns, and a supply contract almost twice that amount. . }
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- Bofors_scandal comment "The Bofors scandal was a major corruption scandal in Sweden and India in the 1980s and 1990s, initiated by Congress politicians and implicating the Indian prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi and several other members of the Swedish and Indian governments who were accused of receiving kickbacks from Bofors AB for winning a bid to supply India's 155 mm field howitzer.The scandal relates to illegal kickbacks paid in a US$ 1.3 billion deal between the Swedish arms manufacturer Bofors with the government of India for the sale of 410 field howitzer guns, and a supply contract almost twice that amount. ".