New Delhi buzzed with political fireworks on Friday as BJP MP and national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi unleashed a barrage of questions aimed squarely at the Congress and the Gandhi family. Speaking at the party headquarters, Trivedi dusted off historical archives to spotlight alleged foreign funding and intelligence meddling during Indira Gandhi’s era.
Drawing from Paul Magor’s book ‘Spying in South Asia,’ Trivedi asserted that scarcely any part of India’s administration escaped the CIA’s prying eyes back then. He further alleged that the book references a whopping two million dollars funneled to Congress by the Politburo, documented by former officials of the involved nations.
Trivedi didn’t stop there. Citing the ‘Mitrokhin Archives,’ he claimed KGB connections were laid bare, with Congress reportedly receiving two million rupees in 1976, followed by another ten lakhs. ‘Fifty years ago, that was an enormous sum,’ he remarked, questioning why Congress has remained silent on these pointed accusations.
The BJP leader also revisited contentious decisions like handing over Katchatheevu Island to Sri Lanka and the post-1971 war scenario, where 93,000 Pakistani POWs were released while 54 Indian soldiers languished. ‘The nation demands answers on the rationale behind these choices,’ Trivedi pressed.
Shifting gears, he commented on the Delhi court’s acquittal of AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia in the excise policy case. Dismissing it as technical, Trivedi wondered how charges were framed without evidence. He noted reports of nearly 100 SIM cards and phones destroyed, potentially crippling the probe, and assured a detailed BJP response post-judgment review. The CBI, he added, would chart the next course.