BJP leader Subramaniam Swamy is not new to making controversial statements. He recently alleged that Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi was arrested in Boston airport in 2001 for carrying 1.60 lakh dollar and white powder.

He added that Congress president Sonia Gandhi had met the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who then called up US President George Bush and got Rahul Gandhi released.

According to a report by Indian Express, Swamy made the statement while defending Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, who is embroiled in the 'Lalitgate' controversy. He asked the Congress to first look within before blaming others.



He also compared Raje with 'Jhansi ki Rani' and said that she is capable of sailing through any controversy on her own.

This is not the first time Subramanian Swamy has made the statement. In 2013, he had mentioned the same in a blogpost. “FBI has taken Rahul Gandhi into a Separate room for interrogation on Boston Airport. The crime which he committed was, in America you can enter with more than 10,000USD in cash without declaring it and the punishment is 8 years for every installment of 10K dollar you exceed So he had 16 times and therefore you will be sent to jail for 128 years 16 times of 8. "



The blogpost can be found here