The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday launched a scathing attack on Opposition Congress, with Union Minister Anurag Thakur calling China, Congress, and NewsClick (a news portal) “part of one umbilical cord”. Addressing a press conference following a report in The New York Times alleging a global nexus of spreading Chinese propaganda, Thakur demanded Congress MP Rahul Gandhi “come clean” about his and his party’s connections with China. The New York Times, in a report, named NewsClick and alleged that it was part of the global network that received funding from China-based American tech mogul Neville Roy Singham, who is...