New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs on Saturday strongly dismissed references to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 2017 visit to Israel contained in an email purportedly included in the recently released Epstein files, describing them as deserving to be dismissed with contempt.
In a video message, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the references amounted to nothing more than the “trashy ruminations of a convicted criminal.”
“We have seen reports of an email message from the so-called Epstein files that has a reference to the prime minister and his visit to Israel. Beyond the fact of the prime minister’s official visit to Israel in July 2017, the rest of the allusions in the email are little more than trashy ruminations by a convicted criminal, which deserve to be dismissed with the utmost contempt,” Jaiswal said.
The MEA’s response prompted further reactions from the Congress, which has sought to raise questions over the reference to the prime minister in the purported email. Congress Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh said in a post on X that the prime minister was mentioned multiple times in the latest release of the Epstein files and that while the official spokesperson had responded, several questions remained unanswered.
Earlier, BJP MP Sambit Patra accused the Congress of spreading falsehoods by allegedly editing an email linked to the Epstein files to falsely suggest that Prime Minister Modi had taken advice from the disgraced financier. Speaking to ANI, Patra described the alleged action as fraudulent and said the Congress had manipulated the contents of an email attributed to Epstein.
Patra claimed the Congress deliberately added the words “his advice” to an email where such language did not exist, creating the impression that the prime minister had sought guidance from Epstein. He warned that such actions would not go unnoticed and would have consequences.
Previously, Congress leader Pawan Khera had alleged that the reference to the prime minister in the purported email raised serious questions of judgment, transparency, and diplomatic propriety, claiming an unexplained association between the prime minister and Epstein.
The US Department of Justice on Friday released a large batch of investigative material linked to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, making public more than three million pages of records, along with over 2,000 videos and approximately 180,000 images.
Epstein died by apparent suicide in a New York jail cell in August 2019, a month after being indicted on federal sex trafficking charges. He had earlier served 13 months in custody in Florida following a controversial plea deal in 2008.
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