The booklet, to be distributed to members of both Houses of Parliament before the commencement of the session on April 15, is being taken out by the Ministry of Defence. The booklet elaborates the reasons and the background for the dismissal of former Naval Chief Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat.

After addressing a press conference on Tuesday, Fernandes has appeared in at least two television interviews with another scheduled to be aired on Sunday. The booklet will give him an opportunity to explain to the MPs the reasons for sacking Bhagwat.

The booklet, sources said, deals with specific instances of ``defiance of civil authority'' by Bhagwat. These include his refusal to transfer Rear Admiral SV Purohit, block a CBI inquiry against Purohit, Bhagwat's orders recalling Naval Attache toIndian Ambassador in Moscow Commander Bandopadhyay, his threats to Admiral Sushil Kumar and his refusal to appoint Vice Admiral Harinder Singh as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff.

The CBI inquiry against Purohit as well as his transfer was ordered by George's predecessor Mulayam Singh Yadav. Bhagwat never carried out the transfer orders and also refused to make the relevant documents available to the CBI even when the orders were ``reiterated'' by Fernandes. ``He will suffer a heart attack if transferred and the blame will come on you,'' he reportedly told the Defence Minister.

Bhagwat again clashed with the Defence Minister when he recalled Bandopadhyay much before his term was to end in Moscow. Asked by Fernandes to explain the reason for his action, Bhagwat is reported to have charged Bandopadhyay of ``having links'' with arms dealers in Russia. However, Bandopadhyay's career record was found to be exemplary, the booklet says.

Bhagwat is learnt to have made an adverse backdated entry in Bandopadhyay'sconfidential report. When detected and asked to explain, Bhagwat simply maintained a silence over the issue.

The former Navy Chief refused to implement the Government's orders appointing Vice Admiral Harinder Singh as DCNS. He told Home Minister Lal Krishna Advani in the latter's office on December 10 last year that he would in no circumstances let Singh take charge of DCNS. ``The Government can appoint Singh only after sacking me,'' Bhagwat told Advani, sources close to the Home Minister claim.

The booklet also claims that Admiral Sushil Kumar sent his representation for an operation command, directly to the Defence Minister only after his six representations to Bhagwat failed to elicit a response. Bhagwat, on being aware of Kumar's representation to the Defence Minister threatened Kumar on phone that he would be court-martialled if he did not withdraw his representation.

The booklet asks the MPs whether in view of such sustained defiance of civil authority, Bhagwat would have resigned if he was askedto. ``Probably he would have court-martialled Sushil Kumar on phone and sent his lawyer wife to procure a stay order from the court against his dismissal,'' sources in the Defence Ministry pointed out.

The Defence Ministry has tried to put only ``facts supported by documentary evidence'' about Bhagwat's sacking in the booklet without making any attempt to rebut the Admiral's personal allegations levelled against Fernandes after being sacked.