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Calling Sorosโ€™s remark a โ€˜declaration to destroy Indiaโ€™s democratic processesโ€™, Irani said Indians have defeated such โ€˜foreign powersโ€™ who tried to interfere with our internal affairs. โ€œI urge every Indian to give a fitting reply to George Soros,โ€ she said.

Union Minister Smriti Irani on Friday, launched a scathing attack on billionaire investor George Soros for his comments that the accusations of stock manipulation against Indian business tycoon Gautam Adani would weaken his โ€œclose allyโ€ Prime Minister Narendra Modiโ€™s grip on India. Irani called upon Indians to unitedly respond to โ€˜foreign powers who try to intervene in Indiaโ€™s democratic processesโ€™.

Calling Sorosโ€™s remark a โ€˜declaration to destroy Indiaโ€™s democratic processesโ€™, she said Indians have defeated such โ€˜foreign powersโ€™ who tried to interfere with our internal affairs. โ€œI urge every Indian to give a fitting reply to George Soros,โ€ she said.

Speaking at a press conference in Delhi, BJP MP Smriti Irani asked Indians to come together against foreign powers trying to meddle with Indian democracy. โ€œI want to call upon all Indians to fight against this foreign force whoโ€™s trying its best to break a countryโ€™s system that acted as a pharmacy to the world during covid times. Under Narendra Modi, we have ensured food security for 80 crores of Indians. We as a nation-state are together with PM Modi laying the foundation for the future of our country that will not only fulfill our dreams but will lead to a resilient and stronger economy. Every Indian should give a befitting reply to George Soros who wants to overthrow the democratically elected government of India,โ€ she said.

In his speech ahead of the Munich security conference on Thursday, Soros predicted that Prime Minister Narendra Modiโ€™s โ€œstranglehold over the Indian federal will weakenโ€ because of his alleged closeness to Adani, who has been accused by short-seller Hindenburg of stock manipulation.

Soros, in a viral clip, is heard saying that PM Narendra Modi is a โ€œclose allyโ€ of Adani Group founder-chairman Gautam Adani, and the allegations of stock manipulation will โ€œsignificantly weaken Modiโ€™s stranglehold over Indiaโ€™s federal government.โ€

โ€œModi and business tycoon Adani are close allies. Adani enterprises tried to raise funds in the stock market but failed. Adani is accused of stock manipulation and his stocks have collapsed like a house of cards.โ€

โ€œThis will significantly weaken Modiโ€™s stranglehold on Indiaโ€™s federal government and open the door for much-needed institution reform.โ€

He said with Modi being weakened, democracy will be revived in India. โ€œI may be naive but I expect democratic revival in India,โ€ he said.

He went on to comment on how the Prime Minister needs to speak up in Parliament. โ€œModi is silent on the subject. But he will have to answer questions foreign investors and in the Parliament.โ€

The Opposition led by Congress has been demanding that Prime Minister Narendra Modi speak up about the Adani issue in the Parliament โ€“ a demand that has been largely ignored by the ruling government.