Did Scania give luxury bus to Nitin Gadkari, and why?

April 14, 2021 14:47

'On March 9, when an investigation by Swedish network SVT, Germany's Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, or ZDF, and India's Confluence Media claimed that road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari had received a luxury bus from Swedish truck and bus maker Scania for personal use as a kickback, the denial was immediate and definite.

'The minister called the allegations against him and his family "malicious, fabricated and baseless'. A few days later, in an interview with the Print, he accused the reporters of not doing due diligence while claiming that Scania had denied gifting any bus to him.

'The minister's claims are misleading, if not an outright lie. There is now irrefutable evidence in the form of mobile chats, emails, contracts, receipts, and unsecured loan transfers that establish the active role of Gadkari's family in accessing the luxury bus from Scania,' report Sonal Matharu, Joe Sperling and Hans Koberstein as part of a collaborative effort between Sweden's STV, Germany's ZDF and India's Confluence Media, which NewsLaundry has republished here.

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