Congress targets NSA Doval’s son over ‘conflict of interest’
New Delhi, November 4
The Congress today hit out at the BJP citing a news report which alleged a “prospect of conflict of interest” in National Security Adviser Ajit Doval’s son Shaurya running an organisation that has Union ministers on its board.
“Shah-zada ki apaar safalta ke baad, BJP ki nayi peshkash — Ajit Shaurya gatha (After the grand success of ‘hah- Zada, BJP’s new presentation — the tale of Ajit Shaurya),” Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi tweeted. The news report alleged that Doval’s son had a “prospect of conflict of interest” in running the think-tank, India Foundation. And as Shaurya Doval was a partner in a financial services firm, the think-tank had some top ministers as directors and it relied on financial support from foreign and Indian corporates, some of which had dealings with the government.
The Congress demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should fire the four Union Ministers who are directors in the organisation and demanded a CBI inquiry into the matter. “We want to ask Modiji when he will fire them,” Congress leader Kapil Sibal said. — PTI
