Why is Russia Today involved in India’s domestic politics? Congress on edited video of Rahul Gandhi
The purported Indian-specific social media account of the Russian state broadcaster had posted a video ‘trolling’ the Opposition leader.
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The Congress on Tuesday asked why Russian state broadcaster RT was “involved in domestic politics” of India after a social media account claiming to be that of the television network’s Indian subsidiary posted a video “trolling” Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi.
The purported India-specific account of RT, formerly Russia Today, uploaded the video on social media platform Instagram on Monday. The post, which is no longer accessible, was an edited version of a video posted by Gandhi on social media platform X a day earlier.
In his video, Gandhi had questioned the integrity of the Securities and Exchange Board of India in light of the allegations against its chairperson Madhabi Buch and her husband Dhaval Buch made by American short-seller Hindenburg Research on Saturday.
Hindenburg Research claimed that the couple had “hidden stakes” in offshore entities tied to alleged stock price manipulation and money-laundering by the Adani Group.
On Sunday, the Securities and Exchange Board of India said that Madhabi Buch disclosed details about her holdings and recused herself in matters that potentially involved a conflict of interest.
The Adani Group termed the allegations “malicious, mischievous and manipulative selections of publicly available information” to arrive at “predetermined conclusions for personal profiteering with wanton disregard for facts and the law”.
Noting that the securities market regulator and the Gautam Adani-led conglomerate...
