Why Was Hardeep Puri Mentioned In Epstein Email Thread? What BJP Said

After Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri was allegedly mentioned in the email threads linked to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, BJP's Information & Technology in-charge, Amit Malviya, put out a post on social

media platform X. In his post on Thursday, Malviya stated that Puri's mention in the email chain was in reference to the "many big people from all over the world" who were in town for the Climate Conference that year. The email chain is from when Puri was India's then-ambassador to the UN, he said."Read the entire email thread and you'll see there is no reference whatsoever to anyone being supplied with girls — nothing in the conversation even points in that direction. Epstein is writing to Kathryn Ruemmler, then White House Counsel in the Obama Administration, saying “don’t even remind me of girls (which was my old bad habit)” because the week is “very, very busy in New York” with “many big people from all over the world” in town for the Climate Conference," said Malviya."He then randomly name-drops people — Gordon Brown (UK PM), President of Mongolia, Peter Thiel, Jabor (Qatar), Sultan (UAE), without any context or connection. He even misspells Puri as “puree” (like tomato puree!) — likely referring to India’s then Ambassador to the UN, simply to show that “people from all over the world” were in the city," he explained.

Malviya stated that the email thread was being deliberately misused to draw "wild conclusions" without full context."He even mentions Peter Thiel, who is openly gay — that alone should tell you how absurd the insinuations are. Honestly, the email itself is full of spelling mistakes, random name-dropping, and broken grammar," said Malviya, adding that it was nothing but just "empty name-dropping".

New Epstein emails drag Trump into scandal

Newly released Epstein emails have mentioned several big names like US President Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, and Prince Andrew. By far, the strongest allegation has been that Trump "knew about the girls" involved in his trafficking scandal.The messages, made public by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, suggest that Trump may have been aware of Epstein's predatory activities. Democrats have accused the White House of orchestrating a cover-up of Trump's alleged ties to Epstein. Trump, however, has repeatedly denied any involvement or prior knowledge of Epstein's crimes.