Union Minister Anurag Thakur Targets Congress Over FATF Report on 'bribe' for Nationwide Award

Union Minister Anurag Thakur Targets Congress Over FATF Report on 'bribe' for Nationwide Award [ad_1]

File picture of Union Minister Anurag Thakur. (Picture: ANI)

Thakur referred to the FATF report titled "Cash Laundering and Terrorist Financing within the Artwork and Antiquities Market" that cites the case of a number one Indian banker who purchased paintings of no worth to pay kickbacks

Union minister Anurag Thakur launched a scathing assault on the Congress on Monday over a Monetary Motion Process Pressure (FATF) report, which alleged that an Indian banker purchased over-valued paintings from a “shut relative" of a member of the occasion as a bribe for nationwide awards.

“New fashions of Congress’ corruption are coming to the fore. Now, the FATF has revealed a case examine that reveals how a former Union minister within the UPA authorities pressured a person into shopping for Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s common portray for Rs 2 crore," the Union minister for data and broadcasting mentioned in an announcement.

He was referring to the FATF report titled “Cash Laundering and Terrorist Financing within the Artwork and Antiquities Market" that cites the case of a number one Indian banker who purchased paintings of no worth to pay kickbacks.

The report doesn't identify the banker or the politician.

Thakur mentioned the FATF was earlier talked about within the context of Pakistan’s continuance on its “gray checklist" for terror financing however now, the worldwide watchdog is being mentioned within the context of an influential household in India.

“It's a matter of nice disgrace that the story of corruption of the Gandhi household is made right into a case examine and being informed to the entire world, that too by an organisation that works to cease terror financing," the minister mentioned.

The Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) chief mentioned Priyanka Gandhi ought to come clear on the id of “Mr A" referred to within the FATF report.

“Was Padma Bhushan being given in alternate for cash and portray? Is that this a corruption mannequin of the Congress? What number of different nationwide honours have you ever bought for cash?" Thakur requested the opposition occasion.

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