Goyal prying open corporate houses' doors for Modi: Rahul
New Delhi, April 28: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday accused Railways and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal of "prying open the doors of corporate houses" for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sought to know how the latter will act against him.
"It's no secret that CA Piyush Goyal, the BJP treasurer, has pried open the doors of every major corporate house for PM Modi," Rahul Gandhi said in a tweet.
"How then will the PM act against this Minister, caught red handed misusing his power for Rs 48 crore personal gain?"
Earlier, the Congress called Goyal's alleged sale of shares held in a privately held company at nearly 1,000 times the face value as a "murky saga" of "gratification, gross impropriety and conflict of interest".
The Congress sought Goyal's removal and a "comprehensive, independent investigation" into the matter.
The Bharatiya Janata Party, however, defended Goyal, saying it was a Congress attempt to attack Goyal on "baseless, malicious and incorrect" accusations.
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Bangladesh's interim govt revokes ousted PM Sheikh Hasina's passport
Dhaka, Jan 7: Bangladesh's interim government on Tuesday said it has revoked the passport of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 96 others over their alleged involvement in enforced disappearances and the July killings.
Hasina, 77, has been living in India since August 5 last year when she fled Bangladesh following a massive student-led protest that toppled her Awami League's (AL) 16-year regime.
Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has issued arrest warrants for Hasina and several former Cabinet ministers, advisers, and military and civil officials for “crimes against humanity and genocide”.
Addressing a press briefing here, Chief Adviser's Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder said, "The Passports Department cancelled passports of 22 people involved in enforced disappearances, while passports of 75 people, including Sheikh Hasina, were revoked due to their involvement in the July killings.”
He, however, did not reveal the names of the remaining individuals whose passports were cancelled, the state-run BSS news agency reported.
