PM is champion of corruption: Rahul Gandhi
The Hindu
Addressing a joint press conference with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged the electoral bonds scheme was the biggest “extortion scheme” in the world and that PM Modi was the “champion of corruption”
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on April 17 alleged the electoral bonds scheme was the biggest "extortion scheme" in the world and that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the "champion of corruption".
Addressing a joint press conference with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav here, Mr. Gandhi said there is a strong undercurrent in favour of the opposition INDIA bloc in the Lok Sabha elections and the BJP will be limited to 150 seats.
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Mr. Yadav said the winds of change will start blowing from Ghaziabad in western Uttar Pradesh to Ghazipur and the BJP will be given a grand farewell in the Lok Sabha elections.
"We have to ensure that not a single vote is divided in the Lok Sabha polls," Mr. Yadav said.
Criticising the now-scrapped electoral bonds, Mr. Gandhi said the Prime Minister claims that the scheme was brought to bring transparency in poll funding but then why was it struck down by the Supreme Court.
"The electoral bonds scheme is the biggest extortion scheme in the world. India's businessmen know it very well. No matter how much the prime minister clarifies, it will have no impact because the entire nation knows that the prime minister is the champion of corruption," Mr. Gandhi said.