Hardeep Singh Puri never hid the meetings. He has repeatedly said he met Epstein 3–4 times in a strictly professional capacity after leaving diplomacy and before becoming a minister, linked to his work with the International Peace Institute and its Independent Commission on Multilateralism. He has denied any involvement in Epstein’s crimes.
A photo of people sitting across a table is not an exposé. It is a photograph of a previously acknowledged meeting.
Opposition, answer this:
• What new evidence do these circulating photographs actually contain?
• If there is proof of wrongdoing, why are you circulating old photos instead of documents?
• Why are you selling previously acknowledged meetings as breaking news?
And while you are at it, explain the 2008 Congress–CPC MoU that Rahul Gandhi signed. What were the terms, objectives and commitments? What has been disclosed, and what is still hidden?