Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday denied claims of connections to US investor George Soros and said he “never solicited a penny from him” after social media users resurfaced a 15-year-old tweet in which he referred to the billionaire as an “old friend, more than an investor.” Soros, 92, is a Hungarian-American hedge fund manager turned philanthropist. In a post …
American billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros is facing a major government and media-led backlash in India over his comments about the allegations of fraud against India’s Adani Group conglomerate. Backlash from Hindu nationalists: Following his comments, several senior government ministers and ruling party politicians hit back at Mr Soros, with foreign minister S Jaishankar accusing him of “scaremongering”. When …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hit rough weather – allegations against his close friend and industrialist Gautam Adani have entangled him too; and he is facing global criticism, manifested in a BBC documentary series on him that examines the Gujarat riots of 2002 when he was Chief Minister. Global finance emperor George Soros thinks, or at least hopes, that India …
The BJP on Friday said a “war” had been initiated to target India, stating that billionaire investor George Soros had an “ill intention to intervene in the democratic process of India and wanted a government pliable to his need.” The remarks made by Union Minister Smriti Irani in New Delhi came after comments by Mr. Soros ahead of the Munich …