Netizens pointed out that Sucheta Dalal, who claimed to not know Mahua Moitra personally, had sent information to the Trinamool Congress MP with respect to Essar Group.
Moitra went on to claim that the PMO "held a proverbial gun to Darshan and his father's heads and gave them 20 minutes to sign this letter sent to them." She alleged that the PMO threatened the Hiranandanis to give in to their demands or the "CBI would raid them and all government business would stop and all PSU bank financing would be stopped immediately."
In the signed affidavit Darshan Hiranandani ackowledged paying for most of the questions asked by Mahua Moitra in the Lok Sabha in the form of cash and gifts
Mahua Moitra's cryptic post stating that the allegations against her are based on the lies of a “jilted ex” comes in the wake of social media rumours that her Ex has betrayed her.
After efforts to target the Adani Group were thwarted, the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) has turned its focus towards one of India's leading mining companies, the Vedanta Group