BJP Releases Fresh Episodes of ‘Congress Files’; Highlights 2012 Coal Scam, MF Husain’s Painting

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday released Episode 3 of its series titled ‘The Congress Files’, shortly after releasing its second episode on Monday. While the latest episode focuses on the 2012 coal block allocation scam, the second one throws light on alleged extortion in the name of a painting and the promise of a Padma Bhushan.

In the third episode, the UPA government is accused of being responsible for the 2012 scam. The video message said, “When Manmohan Singh became the Prime Minister for the second time, he made many promises, but the scams of the Congress grabbed headlines then.” The episode claimed that India had lost Rs 1,86,000 crore due to the scam.

“The most interesting part of this scam was that from 2004 to 2009 the coal department was under the then PM Manmohan Singh and Shibu Soren. He was the same prime minister who worked on remote control,” the video ended.

In episode 2, citing a FATF report, the BJP highlights former Yes Bank CEO Rana Kapoor’s statement to the Enforcement Directorate (ED), in which he claimed he received MF money from Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for ₹2 crore. Hussain’s painting was forced to buy. , and that he had been promised the Padma Bhushan – one of the country’s top civilian awards – in return.

Rana Kapoor is quoted in the video as saying that he was forced to write to Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to buy the painting. He said that the money received in exchange for the painting was used for the treatment of Sonia Gandhi.

The BJP video contains a “case study” which allegedly exposes corruption by the Gandhi family, citing FATF, the global watchdog on money laundering and terror financing.

The video claimed that the money was to be used for the treatment of former Congress president Sonia Gandhi. Notably, the Congress responded to these claims as “political vendetta” and questioned the credibility of Rana Kapoor and the ED.

In First episode released on SundayThe BJP attempted to show off the alleged record of corruption and scams of the oldest party in the country. “The Congress has looted Rs 48,20,69,00,00,000 from the public in its 70 years of rule. That money could have been used for many useful areas of security and development,” the narrator says in the episode.

At least 24 INS Vikrant, 300 Rafale jets and 1000 Mars missions could have been built or bought with the money looted by Congress. But the country had to pay the price for the corruption of the Congress and it lagged behind in the race for progress.

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