BJP intensifies attack on Congress, Gandhis

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, June 27

Intensifying attack against the Congress, particularly the Gandhis, BJP president Jagat Prakash Nadda, on Saturday asked the Opposition party and its interim president Sonia Gandhi 10 questions, including alleged links between the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF) and China.

Nadda said under the cover of border disputes with China and the coronavirus crisis, Sonia Gandhi should not shy away from the serious questions the nation wants to know.

The nation is asking several questions of the Gandhi family. Gandhi family should answer for their sins, he said, asserting that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India is safe and secure with its brave armed forces fully capable of protecting the country and its sovereignty.

Alleging that national interest was “sacrificed” and donations into the family-run foundation were accepted, Nadda said the RGF, which is headed by Sonia Gandhi, continuously received donations from the Chinese embassy between 2005 and 09, from the “tax haven” of Luxemburg between 2006 and 09 and NGOs with commercial interests.

Nadda asked the Congress party to come clean on its “links” with China, and the details of its MoU with the Communist Party of China. He said India’s trade deficit with China soared to USD 36.2 billion in 2013-14 from USD 1.1 billion in 2004 and asked if it was “quid pro quo” from the Congress.

“Why did the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, headed by Sonia Gandhi, accept money from the Chinese government and Chinese Embassy? Isn’t it a shame, sacrificing national interest by accepting money from foreign powers for personal trusts?” he asked.

“What was the hurry for the East Asia FTA, which included China… later PM Modi came out of the RCEP. Correspondingly, India’s trade deficit with China was allowed to increase from an almost negligible $1.1 billion in 2003-04 to as much as $36.2 billion in 2013-14,” said Nadda.

“Why did the Congress weaken India’s economic position? Was this the quid pro quo for accepting Chinese money by Rajiv Gandhi Foundation?” the BJP leader asked as he sought to know the exact relationship between the Congress party and the Communist Party of China.