The United States the notorious Gupta brothers from South Africa, who have been consequently accused of multiple corruptions which ended up contributing to the downfall of the former President Jacob Zuma suggesting that they did end up contributing to the misappropriation of some of the assets of the state.
This decision by the United States to impose financial restrictions on the Gupta brothers following such controversies is actually a victory for the public relations for Zuma’s successor Cyril Ramaphosa who is on the lookout for opportunities to not just clean up the facet of politics he is looking over but also find ways to attract more foreign investments to be able to improve the flagging economy of South Africa.
The relationship between the former president, Zuma along with three of the brothers, Atul, Rajesh as well as Ajay was what led to be the primary basis for the judicial corruption enquiry that Zuma was pressured into. It was later following that he was overthrown by his own party in February 2018.
Both Zuma as well as the Gupta brothers have denied all the corruption allegations that have been set against them. The law enforcement officials are still working on ways to nail down a properly convincing case against these three brothers for them to be evicted for the allegations they are charged with.
Sigal Mandelker, the US Treasury’s under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence said that the Gupta brothers are consistently leveraging their political connections to be able to engage in widespread corruptions and bribery and misuse the state’s assets.
Following all the controversy and the issues surrounding the #Guptaleaks, Atul Gupta finally opened up addressing all the rumours and the accusations thrown at them.
The interview was conducted by BBC Radio 4 where he denied all the evidence that have been released against him and his brothers.
In the issued interview, Atul clarified with statements that the Gupta leaks is nothing but a complete scam and way to defame their family name.
“First, let’s stop [referring to] Gupta leaks, there is no authenticity of Gupta leaks at all. They are everyday perception mongering to drive their own agenda.”
“We have always had some companies who are doing some sort of PR, and Bell Pottinger is one of the PR [companies] in the group. I don’t know what is this narrative come from, white monopoly capital. If you go to search any revolutionary speech in this country always exist. I don’t know where this term comes from, believe me [all sic].”
With so many accusations and such evidences against, nobody is still sure whether or not these statements issued by Atul Gupta are actually true or a cover up yet again. Investigations are still in progress but for now, US has blacklisted three of the brothers until further notice.
