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The Bohemian Versus The Syndicate

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Subramanian Swamy's allegat ion of Soni a-Rahul Gandhi indulging in a Rs 1,600 crore fraud contains questions more credible than the points of defence pu t up by the Congress, n otwithstanding the fact that every allegation by the Janata Party president is viewed by his detractors through the lenses of his past record of frequently changing alliances, communal diatribes and intemperate attacks on the person of his target at a given point of time “S ince when has it become legal for a political party to extend a loan?” Subramanian Swamy asks, questioning what appears a dubious business transaction between a dysfunctional media house, whose newspaper was launched by the first prime minister of the country, and a purported non-profit company, the majority stakes of which are held by the Indian National Congress's first family. The question is valid. Attacking his decade-long pet hate Seeking an explanation as to why a general body meeting of shareholders of Associ