BJP national spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari. (ANI)
Digital Desk, New Delhi. BJP national spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari questioned Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as to why former Union Minister Kapil Sibal had accepted an award sponsored by sex crime convict Jeffrey Epstein when the Congress party was in power.
BJP spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari said on Wednesday, "Rahul Gandhi should explain why his minister Kapil Sibal accepted the award given by Jeffrey Epstein, a sexual predator, when the Congress party was in government?"
He alleged that Congress State Department chief and close aide of the Gandhi family, Sam Pitroda, "belongs to the same circle" and questioned the nature of the Gandhi family's relationship with Epstein. What connection does the Gandhi Vadra family and Rahul Gandhi's family have with Jeffrey Epstein that Kapil Sibal accepted that award while he was in the government?
Kapil Sibal was lobbying for Jeffrey Epstein?- Bhandari
Bhandari said, “We saw a policy change in the Congress party during the UPA government. So was Kapil Sibal lobbying for Jeffrey Epstein? Was Sam Pitroda working to introduce Jeffrey Epstein to the Gandhi-Vadra family? The silence of Gandhi, Vadra family and Rahul Gandhi on this issue makes it clear that something is wrong.
It is noteworthy that Sibal, who left Congress in the year 2022, is currently working as an independent member of Rajya Sabha MP. According to Bhandari, a document listed Sibal among the award recipients at the 2010 International Awards Gala held in New York, organized by the Institute of International Education (IIE). He raised the question whether outside influence influenced the decisions of the Congress government of that time. Rahul Gandhi should answer this!”
He also wrote, "Epstein-Congress government's valentine!" However, Congress has termed these allegations as misleading.
Congress rejected BJP's claims
Congress leader Pawan Khera rejected the claims, saying the document in question was a 59-page compilation titled "Calendar of Important Events, Inauguration and Fundraisers", which lists public events in New York that Epstein may have tracked.
(With inputs from news agency ANI)
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