{"id":129891,"date":"2021-05-30T20:21:28","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T00:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=129891"},"modified":"2021-05-30T20:21:28","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T00:21:28","slug":"upp-denies-financial-relationship-with-mehul-choksi-and-asks-which-party-had-access-to-him-in-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/upp-denies-financial-relationship-with-mehul-choksi-and-asks-which-party-had-access-to-him-in-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"UPP denies financial relationship with Mehul Choksi and asks which party had access to him in 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In yet another desperate attempt to stem the tide rising against him, Prime Minister Gaston Browne, once again, is resorting to blatant lies about the United Progressive Party (UPP).<\/p>

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The UPP is fully conscious that Mehul Choksi\u2019s purported wealth is the subject of criminal accusations in his native India, and the Party categorically denies Browne\u2019s fabrication that Mr. Choksi funded its 2018 elections campaign.<\/p>\n

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Further, the Party refutes any allegation that it solicited or received any gifts from Mr. Choksi and his family.<\/p>

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Political Leader Harold Lovell has never met or even had a conversation with Mr. Choksi, and has never designated anyone to solicit or receive funds from him, in the past or present.<\/p>

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Opposition Leader Jamale Pringle has had no interaction with the Choksi family and has never promised any representation of their interests in Parliament.<\/p>\n

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It is public knowledge that Mr. Choksi received Antigua & Barbuda citizenship in 2017 under the Gaston Browne Administration and took up residence here in January 2018, just two months ahead of the General Elections.<\/p>

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Accordingly, the Party asks the public:<\/p>\n

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