NEW DELHI, Jan 16: The BJP on Thursday took a swipe at Rahul Gandhi, asking him if he has now got the “contract” to run Hindenburg’s “shop” which it said “works in sync” with the Congress to destabilise India.
“Rahul Gandhi is in the complete grip of urban naxals’ thinking process… Now that Hindenburg is closing its shop, have you Rahul Gandhi got the contract for it,” BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad told reporters.
His attack came a day after Gandhi kicked up a row by declaring the Congress was now fighting the RSS, the BJP and the Indian State itself. The comments were used by the BJP to excoriate Gandhi, and the attacks continued on Thursday when Hindenburg’s founder announced his decision to shut down the short-selling stock research firm.
Its reports against the Adani Group and market regulator SEBI last year ignited political firestorms in India, and the Congress had repeatedly cited it to attack Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
On Thursday, the Congress said Hindenburg’s shutting down does not absolve either Adani or the Modi government. In turn, the BJP said this only underscores the “deepening relationship” between the company and the main opposition party. Adani has denied the short-selling firm’s charge of business malpractice.
Prasad, a former union minister, alleged that Hindenburg and the Congress used to work in sync for a designed agenda to destabilise india.
Noting that the announcement of disbanding Hindenburg was made as the Congress unveiled its new office, he took repeated digs at Gandhi and said the Indian State represents the constitutional identity of India as a free country.
He said Hindenburg repeatedly worked against India by releasing reports days before Parliament’s sessions, and the Congress would use them to create political controversies.
Prasad claimed that the definition of Indian State includes the President, Vice President, Parliament, state assemblies and also Gandhi as the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha besides the media.
Gandhi has become the Leader of Opposition but he does not think before speaking, the BJP leader said, and asked him to change his “tutor”. (PTI)
