We should wind up the CBI. Forget the truth about Bofors. Although it is incontrovertible that Rajiv Gandhi deliberately misled Parliament by asserting no money had exchanged hands just days after our ambassador to Sweden sent him contrary facts in an official message. That is why I sought President Zail Singh's permission to prosecute Rajiv Gandhi. It was not my case that Rajiv accepted a bribe—who did, matters little—but his cover-up to protect the reputation of his government made him complicit. Former chief justice Y.V. Chandrachud studied my petition. He told the president there was a prima facie case but advised him against granting permission to prevent political destabilisation. From there the controversy wandered into the irrelevant question about the President's right to dismiss a PM. All Zail Singh had to do was to give me permission. He got sucked into politics. The rest is history. After retirement, he sadly confessed his error to me. Too little, too late!