April 8: Accusing Isro chairman K. Radhakrishnan of misleading the government on the controversial Antrix-Devas deal, his predecessor G. Madhavan Nair on Sunday pressed the Centre to order an investigation into his role in cancelling the contract, saying only this would bring out the truth.
“They (the government) must look at what’s Radhakrishnan’s role in cancelling the contract. What is his interest in cancelling the contract? Was he under pressure from some quarter or other? Or was it his own making?” Mr Nair said. “That’s what is to be investigated. He (Radhakrishnan) had done a lot of damage to the government in the process, and he has to answer these things,” he said.