New Delhi, 13 Mar: Union minister Anurag Thakur launched a scathing attack on the Congress on Monday over a Financial Action Task Force (FATF) report, which alleged that an Indian banker bought over-valued artwork from a \u201cclose relative\u201d of a member of the party as a bribe for national awards.
\n\u201cNew models of Congress\u2019 corruption are coming to the fore. Now, the FATF has published a case study that shows how a former Union minister in the UPA government pressured an individual into buying Priyanka Gandhi Vadra\u2019s average painting for Rs 2 crore,\u201d the Union minister for information and broadcasting said in a statement.
\nHe was referring to the FATF report titled \u201cMoney Laundering and Terrorist Financing in the Art and Antiquities Market\u201d that cites the case of a leading Indian banker who bought artwork of no value to pay kickbacks.
\nThe report does not name the banker or the politician.
\nThakur said the FATF was earlier talked about in the context of Pakistan\u2019s continuance on its \u201cgrey list\u201d for terror financing but now, the global watchdog is being discussed in the context of an influential family in India.
\n\u201cIt is a matter of great shame that the story of corruption of the Gandhi family is made into a case study and being told to the whole world, that too by an organisation that works to stop terror financing,\u201d the minister said. (PTI)
\nThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader said Priyanka Gandhi should come clean on the identity of \u201cMr A\u201d referred to in the FATF report.
\n\u201cWas Padma Bhushan being given in exchange for money and painting? Is this a corruption model of the Congress? How many other national honours have you sold for money?\u201d Thakur asked the opposition party. PTI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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