The Bharatiya Janata Party has launched the second episode of the ‘Congress Files’, accusing the grand outdated celebration of corruption and extortion. The second episode of the Congress Files launched on Monday exhibits the alleged extortion within the identify of a portray and the promise of Padma Bhushan.

Referring to a FATF report, the BJP highlighted former Yes Bank CEO Rana Kapoor’s assertion to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) wherein he had claimed that he was pushed to purchase an MF Husain portray from Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for ₹2 crore, and that he was promised Padma Bhushan – one of many nation’s prime civilian awards – in return.

The video claimed that the cash was supposed for use for former Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s remedy.

The Congress has already termed as a “political vendetta” the allegation by Rana Kapoor and questioned his and the ED’s credibility.

The BJP’s video encompasses a “case study” that purportedly exposes corruption by the Gandhi household, citing the worldwide watchdog on cash laundering and terror financing, FATF.

Rana Kapoor’s assertion, recorded by the ED on March 9 and 10, 2020, added that the sale was facilitated by senior Congress chief Murli Deora — a indisputable fact that has been beforehand reported. It added that a number of weeks later after the acquisition, senior Congress chief, the late Ahmed Patel, had appreciated his “good deed” and knowledgeable him that he (Kapoor) can be “duly considered” for a significant civilian honour, and “possibly some non-political banking and finance assignments”. This assertion was a part of a supplementary cost sheet filed by ED to the particular Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court docket in Mumbai in April 2022.

HT had earlier reviewed a replica of it. To ensure, each Deora and Patel have handed on and there was no method of verifying Kapoor’s assertion.

Kapoor, 63, has been lodged in a Mumbai jail since March 2020 after he was arrested by the ED in reference to alleged monetary irregularities and purported kickbacks paid to him and his members of the family in return for sure doubtful loans supplied by Yes Bank to some high-profile debtors.

On Sunday, the BJP had launched a recent assault on the Congress over allegations of corruption throughout its tenure by releasing the primary episode of ‘Congress Files’. In a tweet from the official BJP Twitter deal with, the celebration invited viewers to “see how one after the other corruption and scams took place under the Congress rule”.

The video message “Congress means corruption” claimed that the Congress had looted a staggering quantity of ₹48,20,69,00,00,000 from the general public throughout its 70-year rule, cash that would have been higher used for growth and safety. According to the video, this quantity might have been used to construct 24 INS Vikrant ships, buy 300 Rafale jets, or fund 1000 Mangal Missions. However, as a substitute of progress, the nation needed to bear the price of Congress’ corruption, the message added. Furthermore, the BJP dubbed the Congress’ tenure from 2004-2014 as a “Lost Decade”.