Congress admits Rahul Gandhi signed 2008 MoU with CPC, asks BJP to stop 'disinformation'

After days of silence on 2008 MoU with China's ruling Communist Party, senior Congress leader Anand Sharma on Thursday admitted that Rahul Gandhi as n-Congress General Secretary signed youth delegations exchange with a senior Chinese Minister and hit out at BJP's "malicious disinformation campaign" against grand old party.

Taking to Twitter, Rajya Sabha MP claimed that all information regarding 2008 MoU is in public domain and said party to party delegations exchange is rmal between political parties. "Congress has leadership delegations exchange with a large number of major political parties across world. What is wrong?" said Anand Sharma.

He furr said that Congress led India's freedom movement and is one of oldest political parties in world and asserted that questioning party's patriotism (by BJP) is "outrous".

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BJP leaders meeting CPC members 

Anand Sharma n trained his guns on BJP in a series of tweets to "expose BJP’s hypocrisy and double standards". He shared several cutouts of press statements of BJP and CPC that talked about ir party exchanges and interactions between senior leaders.

"Can BJP President @JPNadda confirm that BJP and Communist party of China too have institutional leadership delegation exchange?" Anand Sharma wrote, tagging JP Nadda. He shared photos of BJP leaders like Amit Shah, Ram Madhav, and ex-member Bhagat Singh Koshiyari meeting CPC leaders and ir accompanying press statements.

"Did t BJP receive a leadership delegation of Chinese Communist party at its HQ in August 2019? Did Congress term BJP leadership exchange with Chinese Communist party Anti National?" asked Anand Sharma. He furr asked BJP to call off "disinformation and sinister campaign" against Congress and Rahul Gandhi.

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Congress-CPC MoU

While Congress has repeatedly slammed PM Modi for 'denying Chinese intrusions in Ladakh', party is already under scanner for MoU signed by n Congress VP Rahul Gandhi and Wang Jiarui, n-Minister of International Department of Central Committee of CPC in presence of n-Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping and Sonia Gandhi in 2008. memorandum was signed to "facilitate top-level diplomatic engment" between two parties and consult each or over key international and regional issues.   

BJP and Congress have simmered a bitter political faceoff following Chinese aggression in eastern Ladakh that led to fatalities on India's side at Galwan last week, with Congress relentlessly cornering Modi government over its handling of China and BJP hitting back with allegations of "collusion" with Beijing.

Earlier in day, Union Law Minister and BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad alleged that Congress-affiliated Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF) received "bribes from Chinese Embassy" during UPA government and a study done by it backed a "comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (FTA)" that led to a "33 times" jump in Indo-China trade deficit in Beijing's favour.

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