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In his no-confidence motion speech, Home Minister Amit Shah claimed that the opposition changed its name from UPA to INDIA because the UPA was associated with “scams” and mentioned a number of alleged scandals: Bofors, 2G spectrum, Coal, Adarsh, National Herald, Vadra-DLF etc.… https://t.co/kt8pBBmbFrtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…

As for the 2G case, it makes for some fascinating reading. Note that the trial and judgement occurred during the Modi government:



“It is also to be noted that there are many representations on record made by various prominent public spirited persons… https://t.co/eq154FAngSindianexpress.com/article/india/…
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As for the coal allocation “scam”, the sole criminal accusation against a Congress party official — Dr Manmohan Singh, believe it or not — was rightly thrown out by a CBI court in 2017.

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Remember the Adarsh scam regarding the allotment of flats in the Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society in Colaba? Seems naive to worry about luxury flat allocations at a time when PM Modi has steered billions in business towards his close friend Adani.



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And the alleged DLF-Vadra “scam”?



The Punjab and Haryana HC on 10 January 2019 quashed the Justice Dhingra report that reportedly made accusations against Robert Vadra and former Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda. The BJP-led Haryana government set up a… https://t.co/7k1fR7mdUSthehindu.com/news/national/…
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