BJP MPs K Laxman and Sambit Patra cited a report in the French media outlet ‘Mediapart’ to target Gandhi after the ruling party raised the issue in the Lok Sabha, which was adjourned amid noisy interventions by both sides.
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 destabilise 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. Referring to the ‘Mediapart’ report, Patra said the OCCRP has over 50 media partners across several continents
and depends massively on Soros and “deep state” agencies in the US to fund its work.
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 attacked the government following an OCCRP report in July 2021 that Brazil had cancelled a USD 324 million order for Covaxin, a Covid vaccine prepared by a private Indian firm, Patra said.
