BJP MP recalls '2008 Beijing Olympics' incident, says Sonia, Rahul Gandhi should be 'tried for treason'. Here's why

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Narendra Modi is scheduled to reply to questions in relation to the no confidence motion brought against his government with regards to the Manipur crisis in the Lok Sabha by Opposition MP from Assam and Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi. Rathore during his speech in the Lok Sabha alleged that during the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where he was present, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi were supposed to meet the athletes. The BJP politician furtjer alleged that the Gandhi duo did not meet them and instead ‘met the Communist Party of China’.

Rathore added ‘they should be tried for treason’. BJP MP Rajyavardhan Rathore says, “I was at the 2008 Beijing Olympics (in China). We came to know that Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi are coming to meet us.

They didn't come to meet us. They met the Communist Party of China. They should be tried for treason..." Rathore's statements come as there has been allegation against media portal Newsclick that they had received funding from China-linked firms allegedly to spread Chinese propaganda.

A New York Times report has alleged that Newsclick receives funding from China-linked firms. Meanwhile, several media associations on Wednesday said the accusations levelled by political leaders against NewsClick suggesting that the portal serves as a mouthpiece of a neighbouring country were "unwarranted and condemnable". "While NewsClick, like other media outlets, critically examines government actions, this does not render it unpatriotic or a tool of any foreign nation," a statement by Press Association, Press Club of India, Delhi Union of Journalists and Indian Women Press Corps said.