- Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma on 22 June denounced the Modi government’s decision to allow 100 percent Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in defence sector by easing norms.
- He added the Prime Minister was working under pressure from the US and his party would oppose it in Parliament.
- Sharma accused the Modi government of unleashing a “political vendetta” against Congress, trying to destabilise Congress’ governments in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand and toppling the party-led government in Arunachal Pradesh in a bid to accomplish its agenda of a ‘Congress-free India’.
- Replying to another query, he said he was not in run for post of the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.
(With agency inputs.)
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