The Bharatiya Janata Get together has launched the second episode of the ‘Congress Information’, accusing the grand previous celebration of corruption and extortion. The second episode of the Congress Information launched on Monday reveals the alleged extortion within the title of a portray and the promise of Padma Bhushan.
Referring to a FATF report, the BJP highlighted former Sure Financial institution CEO Rana Kapoor’s assertion to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) by which he had claimed that he was pushed to purchase an MF Husain portray from Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for ₹2 crore, and that he was promised Padma Bhushan – one of many nation’s prime civilian awards – in return.
The video claimed that the cash was supposed for use for former Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s remedy.
The Congress has already termed as a “political vendetta” the allegation by Rana Kapoor and questioned his and the ED’s credibility.
The BJP’s video incorporates a “case research” that purportedly exposes corruption by the Gandhi household, citing the worldwide watchdog on cash laundering and terror financing, FATF.
Rana Kapoor’s assertion, recorded by the ED on March 9 and 10, 2020, added that the sale was facilitated by senior Congress chief Murli Deora — a proven fact that has been beforehand reported. It added that a number of weeks later after the acquisition, senior Congress chief, the late Ahmed Patel, had appreciated his “good deed” and knowledgeable him that he (Kapoor) can be “duly thought of” for a serious civilian honour, and “probably some non-political banking and finance assignments”. This assertion was a part of a supplementary cost sheet filed by ED to the particular Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA) court docket in Mumbai in April 2022.
HT had earlier reviewed a duplicate of it. To make certain, each Deora and Patel have handed on and there was no means of verifying Kapoor’s assertion.
Kapoor, 63, has been lodged in a Mumbai jail since March 2020 after he was arrested by the ED in reference to alleged monetary irregularities and purported kickbacks paid to him and his relations in return for sure doubtful loans supplied by Sure Financial institution to some high-profile debtors.
On Sunday, the BJP had launched a recent assault on the Congress over allegations of corruption throughout its tenure by releasing the primary episode of ‘Congress Information’. In a tweet from the official BJP Twitter deal with, the celebration invited viewers to “see how one after the opposite corruption and scams passed off below the Congress rule”.
The video message “Congress means corruption” claimed that the Congress had looted a staggering quantity of ₹48,20,69,00,00,000 from the general public throughout its 70-year rule, cash that might have been higher used for improvement and safety. In accordance with the video, this quantity might have been used to construct 24 INS Vikrant ships, buy 300 Rafale jets, or fund 1000 Mangal Missions. Nevertheless, as a substitute of progress, the nation needed to bear the price of Congress’ corruption, the message added. Moreover, the BJP dubbed the Congress’ tenure from 2004-2014 as a “Misplaced Decade”.