The BJP today unleashed an attack on the Congress and Rahul Gandhi in Parliament, alleging Chinese funding of the party a day after an explosive New York Times report claimed that media portal Newsclick, financed by tech tycoon Neville Roy Singham, was pushing China’s agenda. It also accused the Congress of defending Newsclick during an investigation by the Enforcement Directorate in 2021 into its funding. He alleged that China had bailed Congress out on multiple occasions between 2005 and 2015. Earlier on Monday, union minister for information and technology Anurag Thakur alleged that Congress, China and NewsClick are part of an umbilical cord.