Teesta Setalvad conspired to destabilise Gujarat govt: Sambit Patra

Jul 16, 2022

New Delhi, July 16, (ANI): Ahmedabad civil sessions court released an affidavit on July 15, challenging Teesta Setalvad’s bail plea in which SIT claimed that a conspiracy was carried out at the behest of late Congress leader Ahmed Patel and Teesta Setalvad to destabilise and malign the Gujarat government in 2002. Bharatiya Janta Party Spokesperson and leader Sambit Patra talked about the same.Sambit Patra said, “Affidavit has brought the truth out that Ahmed Patel and Teesta Setalvad were the ones who were driving these conspiracies. Their first political objective was to destabilise the then democratically elected Gujarat govt. And their second political motive was to frame innocent people inclusive of our honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi”“Ahmed Patel is just a name, driving force was his boss Sonia Gandhi. Through her Chief Political Advisor Ahmed Patel, Sonia Gandhi attempted to malign Gujarat's image. Through him, she attempted to insult Narendra Modi and she was architect of this entire conspiracy,” he added.