Sudhanshu Trivedi, BJP’s sharp-tongued parliamentarian and spokesperson, held court at party HQ Friday, firing salvos at Congress over decades-old whispers of foreign intrigue. His ammunition? Dusty tomes alleging deep CIA and KGB entanglements with the Gandhi-led dispensation.
Paul Magor’s ‘Spying in South Asia’ claims no Indian institution evaded CIA surveillance during those years, Trivedi thundered. It also supposedly chronicles a two-million-dollar Politburo handout to Congress, etched by credible witnesses.
The Mitrokhin Archives amplify the narrative, per Trivedi, exposing KGB funding streams: two million rupees in 1976, topped by ten lakhs later. ‘Enormous stakes for the time,’ he noted, baffled by Congress’s deafening silence.
Trivedi wove in diplomatic debacles—the Katchatheevu handover, 1971 war aftermath with imbalanced prisoner swaps. Why release 93,000 foes while 54 heroes stayed captive? Accountability is overdue, he declared.
Reacting to Kejriwal and Sisodia’s excise policy exoneration, Trivedi called it a procedural dodge. Destroyed evidence like 100 SIMs raises eyebrows—how did charges even proceed? BJP awaits the detailed order before responding fully, with CBI’s role pivotal.