Anurag Thakur: Anurag Thakur, a minister in the Union, attacked the Congress harshly on Monday in response to a Financial Action Task Force (FATF) report that claimed an Indian banker had purchased overpriced artwork from a “close relative” of a party member in exchange for national honours. “There are now more obvious examples of corruption in Congress. Recently, the FATF has released a case study that demonstrates how a former Union minister in the UPA government coerced a person into paying Rs 2 crore for an average painting by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra “In a statement, the Union minister of communication and broadcasting.
FATF report on bribery scandal prompts Anurag Thakur to demand answers from Congress
The FATF study “Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing in the Art and Antiquities Market,” which highlights the case of a prominent Indian banker who purchased artwork with no intrinsic value in order to pay bribes, was the source of the information that he was referring to. The politician and banker’s names are not mentioned in the report. According to Thakur, the FATF was previously discussed in relation to Pakistan’s continued inclusion on its “grey list” for financing terrorism, but at the moment, the international watchdog is being debated in relation to a powerful family in India.
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Anurag Thakur speaks out against corruption in politics following FATF report on Congress
The narrative of the Gandhi family’s corruption being used as a case study and broadcast to the entire world, and by an organisation that strives to prevent the financing of terrorism, is a subject of great shame, the minister said. The leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) suggested that Priyanka Gandhi reveal who “Mr. A” was in the FATF report. “Was the Padma Bhushan awarded in return for cash or a piece of art? Is this a corruption model of the Congress? How many additional national honours have you exchanged for cash?” Thakur enquired with the opposition group.
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