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Rahul Gandhi again targets Piyush Goyal over Flashnet

While targeting the media for being biased over reporting on Goyal, Rahul Gandhi said, “It is a tragedy for our country when journalists entrusted to stand for the truth, will not speak.

Rahul Gandhi again targets Piyush Goyal over Flashnet

Rahul Gandhi tweet on Piyush Goyal's alleged involvement in

Continuing his attack on Union Minister Piyush Goyal, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday took another jibe at the Railway Minister over his sale of shares in a privately-held company at nearly 1,000 times the face value.

Rahul Gandhi in a tweet said, “Piyush Goyal’s, 48 CR. #FlashNet Scam is about deceit, conflict of interest and greed. The evidence is on the table. Yet, the media will not touch the story”.

While targeting the media for being biased over reporting on Goyal, Rahul Gandhi said, “It is a tragedy for our country when journalists entrusted to stand for the truth, will not speak #GoyalMustResign”.

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Earlier, Congress President Rahul Gandhi in a tweet said: “It’s no secret that CA Piyush Goyal, the BJP Treasurer, has pried open the doors of every major corporate house for PM Modi. How then will the PM act against this Minister, caught red-handed, misusing his power for Rs 48 crore of personal gain?”


In another tweet, while attaching a news report, Rahul Gandhi had slammed the Union Minister using a hashtag #PiyushGhotalaReturns, he commented in Hindi that there was “no limit to Shirdi’s magic” (translated).

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Gandhi’s ‘Shirdi magic’ remarks were in reference to a Mumbai-based company Shirdi Industries, which allegedly defaulted on payment of loan. Piyusg Goyal was the company chairman until July 2010.

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Last week, the Congress said Goyal and his wife sold the entire stocks of Flashnet Info Solutions (India) to Piramal Estates for an “astronomical price” of Rs 9,586 per share totalling Rs 48 crore, or 1,000 times the book value.

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