Irani rebuts Rahul, raises Cong's 'China links'

NEW DELHI: Union minister Smriti Irani launched a scathing attack on Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi on the second day of the no-confidence debate in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, highlighting media reports on purported Chinese connections of media portal NewsClick and questioning the Congress's stance on the issue

- Aman Singh

The senior BJP leader targeted the Congress over a New York Times report on China pumping money into India and various other countries to push its propaganda, including through NewsClick.

Irani said, "(BJP MP) Nishikant Dubey raised the issue of NewsClick. The Congress didn't say anything that it should be checked but they want his statement to be removed."

She added: "Tri-continental publication's researcher's views were given platform by Congress party on their official pages who write against the interests of the farmers."