In a riveting press conference at BJP headquarters, Sudhanshu Trivedi, the party’s vocal MP and spokesperson, put the Gandhi family and Congress on the mat Friday. Leveling serious charges rooted in foreign publications, he demanded clarity on espionage and funding scandals from Indira Gandhi’s tenure.
‘Spying in South Asia’ by Paul Magor paints a grim picture, Trivedi quoted, suggesting CIA infiltration permeated every corner of Indian governance. The book allegedly details Politburo’s two-million-dollar infusion into Congress coffers, corroborated by ex-officials.
Turning to the explosive Mitrokhin Archives, Trivedi highlighted KGB ties, including direct payments of two million rupees to Congress in 1976 and ten lakhs subsequently. These weren’t trivial amounts in the 1970s, he emphasized, urging Congress to address why no rebuttal has surfaced.
Historical grievances resurfaced too: the controversial ceding of Katchatheevu to Sri Lanka, the lopsided POW exchange after 1971—93,000 Pakistanis freed versus 54 Indians unreturned. Trivedi insisted the public deserves unvarnished truths.
On AAP’s courtroom victory in the liquor policy saga, Trivedi was measured yet skeptical. ‘No evidence, yet charges? Intriguing,’ he quipped, attributing acquittals to technicalities amid destroyed SIMs and phones. BJP will scrutinize the full verdict, he said, as CBI ponders appeals.