<p>A political controversy erupted after it emerged that fugitive diamontaire Mehul Choksi has been granted citizenship by Antigua and Barbuda with the Congress bringing Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the line of fire.</p>.<p>Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said Choksi got citizenship in Antigua three months after Modi had a meeting with Antiguan Prime Minister Gaston Browne.</p>.<p>"Bank fraudster Mehul Choksi gets an Antigua passport after visiting China, Belgium, UK, US, UAE, Hong Kong. CBI/ED fail to to get a Red Corner Notice issued against him till today. Intriguing that three months earlier(April 18), you had adoring talks with Antigua PM Gaston Browne," Surjewala tweeted.</p>.<p>Addressing a press conference, Congress Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Gowda claimed that the government was weaving a "web of deception" on the issue of black money to save its "crony capitalist friends".</p>.<p>On the reports about Choksi given the citizenship of Antigua, Gowda also pointed to the meeting Modi had with Browne and wondered whether there was any connection to the development.</p>.<p>"Prime Minister and met the Antigua Prime Minister, and a few months later we found that Mehul Choksi was given Antigua citizenship. What is the link between the two only those people know. But we have our suspicions," he said.</p>
<p>A political controversy erupted after it emerged that fugitive diamontaire Mehul Choksi has been granted citizenship by Antigua and Barbuda with the Congress bringing Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the line of fire.</p>.<p>Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said Choksi got citizenship in Antigua three months after Modi had a meeting with Antiguan Prime Minister Gaston Browne.</p>.<p>"Bank fraudster Mehul Choksi gets an Antigua passport after visiting China, Belgium, UK, US, UAE, Hong Kong. CBI/ED fail to to get a Red Corner Notice issued against him till today. Intriguing that three months earlier(April 18), you had adoring talks with Antigua PM Gaston Browne," Surjewala tweeted.</p>.<p>Addressing a press conference, Congress Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Gowda claimed that the government was weaving a "web of deception" on the issue of black money to save its "crony capitalist friends".</p>.<p>On the reports about Choksi given the citizenship of Antigua, Gowda also pointed to the meeting Modi had with Browne and wondered whether there was any connection to the development.</p>.<p>"Prime Minister and met the Antigua Prime Minister, and a few months later we found that Mehul Choksi was given Antigua citizenship. What is the link between the two only those people know. But we have our suspicions," he said.</p>