Buchs' answers raise more questions, certain 'facts' not contradicted: Cong
The Congress on Tuesday said the "answers" being provided by SEBI chairperson Madhabi Buch and her husband raise even more questions and asserted that "the facts" that have been put out on their financial dealings have not been contradicted so far by anyone.
Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh also asked whether Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Prime Minister Narendra Modi were aware of these "facts" since 2022 at least and do they really think that these "facts are trivial" and do not, in any way, compromise the functioning of the capital markets regulator.
His remarks come a day after Sitharaman said Madhabi Buch and her husband Dhaval Buch are defending themselves and putting out facts contradicting the allegations of Congress.
In a post in X, Ramesh said, "The finance minister has finally broken the Union government's silence on the issue of the multiple conflicts of interest of the SEBI chairperson.
"She has said that the SEBI chairperson a