New Delhi (Agency): Member of Parliament Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday called the now-scrapped electoral bonds the world’s biggest “extortion scheme” and Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “champion of corruption” as the Congress leader addressed a press conference with Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav in Ghaziabad, which is due to go to the polls two days later in the first phase of 2024 national polls.
He maintained there was a strong undercurrent in the opposition’s favour and that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would be reduced to 150 seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha.
Gandhi referred to Modi’s comment that the electoral bonds were brought for transparency and to clean politics in an interview with a news agency ANI, which he dismissed as “scripted” and a “flop show”, and asked if this is true, why did the Supreme Court scrap the scheme. “If you wanted to bring transparency, why did you hide the names of those who gave money to the BJP? And why did you hide the dates on which they gave them the money.”
He said no matter how much clarification Modi gives, it will not make any difference. “…the entire country knows that the Prime Minister is the champion of corruption,” Gandhi said. (Courtesy: Hundastin Times)
