Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack on the chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Madhabi Puri Buch, for skipping a meeting with the Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Thursday claiming that someone was behind the plan to protect her from being answerable to the PAC.

Rahul Gandhi, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, fired a fresh salvo on Sebi chief Madhabi Puri Buch, asking why she was reluctant to appear before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament.

The PAC had called Madhabi Puri Buch in to review the functioning of Sebi following allegations of conflict of interest made by the US-based short-seller Hindenburg, which she has strongly denied.

Rahul Gandhi criticized SEBI Chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch for not appearing before the Parliament's Public Accounts Committee, suggesting she was bei

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The committee's proceedings remained deadlocked even during its second sitting, where the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) chairperson appeared briefly, amid the NDA members' persistent demand that Venugopal allow a vote on agenda items like summoning the heads of regulatory bodies,

Sebi chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch cited 'personal exigencies' to skip a Parliament's PAC meeting, leading to a clash between PAC head K C Venugopal and NDA members. They accused Venugopal of unilateral decisions,