Rahul Gandhi was at Nirav Modi's bridal jewellery cocktail party, claims former Congress insider Shehzad Poonawalla. Read here

Minutes after Rahul Gandhi me to corner Finance Minister Arun Jaitley over purported 2016 'meeting' in Parliament with Vijay Mallya before Mallya absconded to UK, a former Congress leer, Shehz Poonawalla, has me a serious charge against Rahul Gandhi in relation to anor absconding fraud-accused, Nirav Modi.

Taking to Twitter, Poonawalla claimed that Congress president h been at Nirav Modi's cocktail party in September 2013 at New Delhi's Imperial Hotel. He wrote:

Shortly after that Poonawalla spoke exclusively to Republic TV and doubled down on his claim, saying:

"I can tell you that I'm rey to undergo any lie detector test. Rahul Gandhi and I can be placed toger. We can ask each or wher we both met each or at that party. Wher he was re sipping cocktails with Mr Nirav Modi."

He went on to ask questions of Rahul Gandhi, elaborating that event was a bridal jewellery programme, and linked it to loans that were being cleared towards Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi, which eventually resulted in massive PNB Bank fraud coming to light in early 2018:

"Was it not true that in September 2013, at a bridal programme -- now why did Rahul need to go for a bridal jewellery programme -- he's neir married, nor has a wife to give bridal jewellery to --  but he was re at programme, but curiously, when loans were being cleared for Mehul Choksi and Nirav Modi by Allahab Bank, by PNB Bnak and ors, being red-flagged by Dinesh Dubey, yet those loans were being cleared. And only for a friend, philosopher, someone who you are close to, will you go and lend your support for a bridal jewellery programme. So Rahul was re, he was giving support to Nirav Modi nor only for bridal jewellery, but perhaps for something more." 

He n put this into context of Jaitley-Mallya meeting allegation:

"If Arun Jaitley meeting was seen by PL Punia, n I am witness to this meeting between Rahul Gandhi and Nirav Modi. More importantly, Manmohan Singh on record met Vijay Mallya. If that isn't a meeting n meeting and Vijay Mallya accosting Arun Jaitley is a meeting, n I can tell you that Rahul Gandhi came with SPG to meet Nirav Modi at Imperial Hotel while loans were being cleared. If I am lying, I am prepared to leave politics, I am prepared to take a lie-detector test as well.

Poonawalla n linked matter to NPA problem being faced by Indian banks:

" reason is all NPAs, given to Mallya, Nirav Modi or Choksi, were given in UPA time. Entire NPA problem was a creation of UPA. UPA is friend philosopher guide of NPAs in India." 

"Because y gave se loans to Mallya and don't want to answer kitna Maal-liya, y're deflecting."

He posed questions to Congress president:

"I want to ask Rahul, just like you met Nirav Modi, who else did you meet in London? Did you also go to Vijay Mallya's parties?"