Claim: Subramanian Swamy revealed that Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh illegally sold 2 tonnes of Thorium to China during their regime.
Fact-check: Subramanian Swamy did not accuse Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi of exporting 2 million tonnes of Thorium to China - FACTLY
Verdict: a news report on illegal mining and export of monazite, a sand mineral containing a rich quantity of thorium, by a private company in the southern state of tamil nadu was first reported by the 'daily pioneer' website during the upa regime. in 2012, the department of atomic energy  issued a press release stating that these allegations as baseless and completely untrue. the then janata party president subramanian swamy countered a few statements made by dae in the press release about removing rare earth minerals like ilmenite, zircon and leucoxene from prescribed substances to open general license. but subramanian swamy did not accuse manmohan singh or sonia gandhi's involvement in this alleged scam termed baseless by the dae. hence, the claim made in the post is misleading.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Dilip Kumar Sripada
Date published: 2023-03-03T14:16:44