- Slams hindenburg allegations, labels them a conspiracy to tarnish India’s global image
- Rejects JPC probe demand, Urges Congress to Support legal process on Hindenburg charges
- BJP leader points to George Soros as key investor in Hindenburg, questions Congress’s intentions
NEW DELHI: In a strongly worded statement on Monday, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament, Er. Gulam Ali Khatana, launched a scathing attack on the Congress party, accusing it of aligning with foreign entities to undermine India’s economic stability.
Khatana’s remarks came in response to recent allegations by Hindenburg Research, which he dismissed as part of a broader conspiracy to tarnish India’s global reputation.
“Hindenburg’s latest charges are a calculated attempt to defame our nation and destabilize our economy,” Khatana declared. He suggested that the opposition’s aggressive promotion of these allegations on Sunday was aimed at negatively impacting the Indian stock market.
The BJP leader drew attention to the timing and nature of the accusations, implying a foreign conspiracy to impede India’s economic progress. Khatana specifically pointed to George Soros, a prominent financier known for his influence on political regimes, as the primary investor in Hindenburg. “I want to ask Congress – what does it want?” Khatana questioned, referencing Soros’s previous critical statements about the Modi government.
Expressing concern over Soros’s involvement with Hindenburg, Khatana suggested that the Congress party’s alignment with these forces was against India’s interests. He accused the opposition of harboring an obsessive odium for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which he claimed had evolved into a broader animosity towards India itself.
Khatana criticized the Congress’s demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the Hindenburg allegations, arguing that the opposition seemed more interested in destabilizing India’s stock market than protecting small investors. “If India’s stock market gets disturbed, will the small investors be troubled or not?” he asked rhetorically.
The BJP leader dismissed the need for a JPC inquiry, noting that legal proceedings had already been initiated following Hindenburg’s first report in January of the previous year. He chastised Rahul Gandhi for calling for a JPC probe instead of participating in the existing legal process. He emphasized that both SEBI and its chairperson had provided satisfactory explanations in response to the charges.
