India’s ruling government, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was accused by former rulers Congress after a bitcoin scam amounting to 0 billion ($763 million) surfaced in the state of Gujarat.
As reported by local news NDTV on July 6, a few Congress leaders from Gujarat demanded a Supreme Court intervention in the matter after reports emerged of BJP leaders involved in illicit cryptocurrency activities.
A spokesperson for the Congress party, Shaktisinh Gohil, called it a “multi-layered” scam and estimated the total haul could cross over Rs. 88,000 crore ($12 billion). However, the latter figure would imply ten percent of bitcoin’s total market cap.
Meanwhile, Gohil compared the scam to a “Pandora’s box” and stated “illegal hawala transactions, kidnappings, extortion of cryptocurrency using CBI/police/government authorities at the behest of top BJP leaders in Gujarat is a norm”.
Meanwhile, the BJP dismissed all accusation against its police force in Gujarat and called the report “an attempt by the opposition party’s “dirty tricks department” to spread confusion and lies.”