New Delhi: The BJP has defended the union government's order of a probe into transactions of trusts linked to the Nehru-Gandhi family, saying it's a "natural" outcome of information brought out in the public domain recently and has nothing do with politics.
Addressing a virtual press conference here, BJP general secretary P Muralidhar Rao also rejected the charge that the government's decision was politically motivated, saying it would not have waited for six years had this been true.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government came to power in 2014 and won the mandate for a second term in 2019.
"These transactions are in the public domain...Our government is committed to transparency. It is natural to investigate these transactions after so much information was recently brought out in public domain," Rao told reporters.
He said the Congress leadership should cooperate with the investigation.
No politics in probing trusts linked to the Nehru-Gandhi family: BJP
BJP defended Narendra Modi-led union government on ordering a probe into transactions of trusts linked to the Nehru-Gandhi family, saying the government is "committed to transparency".
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Meanwhile, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hit out at the Modi government and said those who fight for the truth cannot be intimidated.
"Mr Modi believes the world is like him. He thinks everyone has a price or can be intimidated. He will never understand that those who fight for the truth have no price and cannot be intimidated," Gandhi said in a tweet.
An inter-ministerial team has been set up by the government to coordinate a probe into the alleged violation of various laws like money laundering and foreign contributions by three Nehru-Gandhi family linked trusts, including the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF).
The development comes after the BJP, led by its president J P Nadda, launched a fierce attack on the Congress leadership over alleged donations to the RGF from the Chinese Embassy and sought clarification from it.