Czech political crisis in 1997–1998 started as a result of irregularities in finances of Civic Democratic Party (ODS).
It peaked with so-called Sarajevo atentate, an attempt to remove Václav Klaus from leadership of Civic Democratic Party.
Annual report of finances for 1995 showed that biggest sponsors of ODS are Lajos Bács a Radjiv M. Sinha.
Mladá Fronta Dnes informed on 28 November 1997 that ODS has a secret bank account in Switzerland.
[1] Klaus himself called their actions Sarajevo atentate which referred to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria.
Remains of ODS united behind Klaus who was during campaign for snap election in June presented as the only strong leader of Czech right.
Czech Social Democratic Party won the election but was unable to form majority government.