Rijiju said Rahul Gandhi, who is the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, has made useless and false allegations against the government and against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Lok Sabha Leader of the Opposition (LoP) and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was under "direct pressure", linking it to what he described as Epstein-related files and pending legal cases involving Indian business interests.
In a post on X, Khandu said, "The revered institution of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama must not be dragged into baseless narratives or malicious speculation like the so-called 'Epstein files'. Attempts to malign a sacred spiritual institution through misinformation are deeply irrespons
"We can unequivocally confirm that His Holiness has never met Jeffrey Epstein or authorised any meeting or interaction with him by anyone on His Holiness's behalf," said a press statement by the Dalai Lama's office in Dharamsala.
Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday placed farmers at the government's defence of the India-US interim trade agreement, declaring the day would be "etched on golden letters" in India's economic history. The Congress led a fierce counter-offensive, with Party media department chairman
Escalating his attack, the AAP MP alleged, "This agreement is a betrayal to the country. You have sold the country under the pressure that PM Modi's name came up in the Epstein files."
Speaking to ANI on Thursday, Bharadwaj said that when a figure like Epstein is associated with a massive and heinous crime such as child trafficking, and names connected to India's Prime Minister and his close associates surface in that context, it raises grave concerns.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has agreed to allow full scrutiny of documents related to Peter Mandelson's appointment as the UK ambassador to the United States, following mounting pressure from rebel MPs within his own Labour Party, Politico reported.