BJP MPs K Laxman and Sambit Patra referred to a report in the French media outlet ‘Mediapart’ to attack Gandhi following the ruling party raised the issue in the Lok Sabha
The BJP on Thursday claimed a link between Rahul Gandhi and international forces, including an investigative media platform, trying to destabilize India and that the Congress leader was a “traitor of the highest order.”
After the ruling party raised the issue in the Lok Sabha that was adjourned amid noisy interventions by both sides, Bjp MPs K Laxman and Sambit Patra cited a report in the French media outlet ‘Mediapart’ to target Gandhi.
Patra claimed that billionaire investor George Soros and some US-based agencies, investigative media platform Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), and Gandhi occupy three sides of a “dangerous” triangle trying to destabilize India and stoke public disaffection for a regime change.
“I have no hesitation in saying he (Gandhi) is a traitor of the highest order,” he said. According to the ‘Mediapart’ report, Patra stated that the OCCRP has more than 50 media partners in several continents and largely relies on Soros and the “deep state” agencies in the US to finance its work.
If they get 70 percent of their resources from one source, then they cannot be neutral, the BJP leader said, adding that Gandhi has held press conferences to target the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government based on OCCRP’s reports.
Gandhi targeted the government after an OCCRP report in July 2021 that Brazil had canceled an order of USD 324 million for Covaxin, a Covid vaccine prepared by a private Indian firm, Patra said.
