New Delhi, Feb. 18 -- Congress leader Pawan Khera has strongly refuted claims that former Union Minister Kapil Sibal was named in the so-called Jeffrey Epstein files, accusing members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of spreading misinformation.

In a post on X, Khera alleged that BJP leaders, including party spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla and Pradip Bhandari, were attempting to "peddle the claim" that Sibal appeared in documents linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Khera said the claim collapses upon reading the full context of the document being cited.

According to Khera, the file in question is a 59-page document originally sent by Margaux Rogers to Epstein's Personal Assistant, Lesley Groff, on September 10, 2010, an...