At CWC Meet, Congress Attacks BJP Over Choksi, Rafale and NRC

Briefing the media after CWC, Randeep Surjewala alleged that the NDA government was instrumental in Choksi’s escape.

Congress on Saturday, 4 August, said that the BJP-led NDA government was instrumental in aiding Mehul Choksi’s escape.

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Briefing the media after the second meeting of the newly-formed Congress Working Committee, party spokesperson Randeep Surjewala alleged on Saturday, 4 August that the BJP-led NDA government was instrumental in aiding Mehul Choksi’s escape.

Randeep Surjewala's attack on the BJP-led government comes a day after party president Rahul Gandhi took to Twitter to take a dig at the Modi government over Mehul Choksi's escape from India.

The Congress president on Friday had alleged that the BJP government had facilitated fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi’s departure from India.

Taking a swipe at PM Modi, Rahul wrote on Twitter: "India gave Mehul “Bhai” Choksi, Mr 56’s “suit-boot” BFF, a clean chit in Nov 2017, enabling him to obtain Antiguan citizenship." He added that this “‘Bhai’ looted PNB of 13,000 cr, before scooting from India.”

Gandhi on Saturday convened the second meeting of the recently-formed Congress Working Committee (CWC) in New Delhi.

The main agendas of the meeting included the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, Maratha reservation stir and Muzaffarpur shelter home sex scandal among several other political issues.