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Pune, Oct 5 (PTI) Maharashtra Congress incharge H K Patil on Tuesday alleged the Central government was supporting US e-commerce giant Amazon in "illegal practices" such as the violation of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policies and the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) and demanded a probe by a sitting judge of the Supreme Court in what he termed the "Amazon bribery case".
Addressing reporters here in Maharashtra, Patil also questioned the "silence" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on this issue.
"As the country is still grappling with the side-effects of the economic policies and COVID-19, the government has given one more shock to all the citizens with the biggest bribery scam.
Rs 8,546 core was spent in the form of legal fees to arm-twist the FDI policies and Foreign Exchange Management Act regulations to facilitate the e-commerce firm Amazon of the United States," he alleged.
He alleged the BJP led government was supporting Amazon in illegal business practices including violation of FDI policies and FEMA "by controlling inventory-based retail/e-commerce which is expressly prohibited under the law".
"Which politicians, higher officials and political parties have received a bribe of Rs 8,546 crore from Amazon.