Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing the the him of protecting SEBI chairperson  Madhabi Puri Buch. In a post on X Kharge wrote, “@narendramodi ji, You cannot shield the rot created in SEBI under the chairperson appointed by you. The continuing barrage of exposes makes her position untenable.”

Kharge further accused Modi of ‘destroying the sanctity’ of SEBI. “You have destroyed the sanctity of SEBI, India’s market regulator, painstakingly created over the years, thereby jeopardising the hard-earned savings of crores of small and medium investors,” he added in his post.