'Congress ka haath 'NewsClick' ke saath' Anurag Thakur seeks apology from Rahul Gandhi
Anurag Thakur on Tuesday sharpened his attack against the alleged Chinese funding to the Congress and Indian news portal NewsClick and targeted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. «All I would like to say Congress ka haath 'NewsClick' ke saath, 'NewsClick' ke upar China ka haath. Rahul Gandhi should apologise to the nation and say how did Rajiv Gandhi Foundation take money from China and where did it use this,» Thakur told reporters before heading to the BJP Parliamentary Party meeting this morning.
The Union Minister said that the Congress leader should apologise to the country in Parliament that China funds NewsClick and explain why his party supported it. «He should tell the country who are the people who provided the funding and what was the compulsion that Congress was seen standing with 'NewsClick', Thakur said. Yesterday, the Union Minister citing a report in the New York Times had in a press conference charged that China, the NewsClick website and Congress party were linked to an „anti-India umbilical cord“.
The US daily in its Sunday report had alleged that Chinese firms were funding the Indian news portal with the aim of spreading Beijing's propaganda. Thakur alleged that China had signed an agreement with the Congress party and made payments to the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation during the regime of the UPA. US-based newspaper The New York Times had in its report alleged that American millionaire Neville Roy Singham has worked closely with the Chinese government media machine and is financing the Chinese propaganda worldwide.
Union Minister Thakur said, „Congress, China and NewsClick are all part of an umbilical cord. Chinese products are clearly visible in Rahul Gandhi's fake 'Mohabbat ki Dukaan'. His love for China can
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