The Bharatiya Janata Party has launched the second one episode of the `Congress Files`, accusing the grand vintage birthday birthday celebration of corruption and extortion. The 2nd episode of the Congress Files launched on Monday suggests the alleged extortion withinside the call of a portray and the promise of Padma Bhushan.
Referring to a FATF report, the BJP highlighted former Yes Bank CEO Rana Kapoor`s assertion to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) wherein he had claimed that he turned into driven to shop for an MF Husain portray from Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for ₹2 crore, and that he turned into promised Padma Bhushan – one of the us of a`s pinnacle civilian awards – in go back.
The video claimed that the cash turned into alleged to be used for former Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s treatment.
The Congress has already termed as a “political vendetta” the allegation via way of means of Rana Kapoor and wondered his and the ED`s credibility.
The BJP’s video capabilities a “case study” that purportedly exposes corruption via way of means of the Gandhi own circle of relatives, mentioning the worldwide watchdog on cash laundering and terror financing, FATF.
Rana Kapoor’s assertion, recorded via way of means of the ED on March nine and 10, 2020, delivered that the sale turned into facilitated via way of means of senior Congress chief Murli Deora — a truth that has been formerly reported. It delivered that some weeks later after the buy, senior Congress chief, the overdue Ahmed Patel, had liked his “precise deed” and knowledgeable him that he (Kapoor) could be “duly considered” for a prime civilian honour, and “in all likelihood a few non-political banking and finance assignments”. This assertion turned into a part of a supplementary fee sheet filed via way of means of ED to the unique Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) courtroom docket in Mumbai in April 2022.
HT had in advance reviewed a replica of it. To be sure, each Deora and Patel have surpassed on and there has been no manner of verifying Kapoor`s assertion.
Kapoor, 63, has been lodged in a Mumbai prison considering March 2020 after he turned into arrested via way of means of the ED in reference to alleged monetary irregularities and purported kickbacks paid to him and his own circle of relatives individuals in go back for sure doubtful loans supplied via way of means of Yes Bank to a few high-profile borrowers.
On Sunday, the BJP had released a clean attack at the Congress over allegations of corruption at some stage in its tenure via way of means of liberating the primary episode of ‘Congress Files’. In a tweet from the reliable BJP Twitter handle, the birthday birthday celebration invited visitors to “see how one after the alternative corruption and scams came about below the Congress rule”.
The video message “Congress approach corruption” claimed that the Congress had looted a fantastic quantity of ₹48,20,69,00,00,000 from the general public at some stage in its 70-yr rule, cash that might were higher used for improvement and security. According to the video, this quantity might have been used to construct 24 INS Vikrant ships, buy three hundred Rafale jets, or fund one thousand Mangal Missions. However, in place of progress, the us of a needed to undergo the value of Congress’ corruption, the message delivered. Furthermore, the BJP dubbed the Congress’ tenure from 2004-2014 as a “Lost Decade”.
