Overview
- INDIA bloc lawmakers protested at Parliament and inside the Lok Sabha, prompting an adjournment and calling for the petroleum minister’s resignation.
- Congress leaders cite Epstein-related documents to allege multiple meetings and email exchanges with Hardeep Singh Puri between 2014 and 2016, when he held no official post.
- Pawan Khera questions the capacity in which Puri engaged with Jeffrey Epstein in the United States and asks under whose instructions those interactions occurred.
- An Epstein email dated November 13, 2014 referencing “Digital India” before its July 2015 launch is highlighted by Congress as raising concerns about prior information sharing.
- Puri denies wrongdoing, says he met Epstein as a private citizen connected to a peace initiative and that emails related to economic and internet opportunities, while opposition figures say more material may surface.