New Delhi: Launching a scathing assault on the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering, Congress chief Pawan Khera alleged that every one circumstances towards an individual are squashed as soon as she or he joins the BJP and demonstrated the method by displaying a washer on its press convention dais.
Khera’s scathing feedback come after the CBI filed a closure report in a 2017 corruption case towards NCP chief Praful Patel.
‘BJP Washing Machine’: Congress
#WATCH | Delhi: Throughout a press convention, Congress chief Pawan Khera used the ‘Washing Machine’ analogy for his or her allegations that the circumstances towards any one who joins the BJP, are squashed. pic.twitter.com/9ChOwFf9BH
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Within the Congress’ press convention on Saturday, a washer was on show with the leaflet studying “BJP washer.” The social gathering’s press convention was all about symbolically representing how circumstances towards individuals are “washed” as soon as they be a part of the BJP.
Within the demonstration of “washing of circumstances” a “soiled T-shirt” with “corruption, fraud, rip-off” written on it was put into the machine and a clear T-shirt with “BJP Modi wash” written got here out of it “after the wash.
Consistent with the flavour of the press convention, Khera alleged that the “BJP machine prices over Rs 8,500 crore” – the cash the ruling social gathering bought by means of electoral bonds – and it’s efficient in cleansing all varieties of stains of corruption when used with “Modi washing powder”.
Congress’ ‘Modi Washing Powder’ Jibe At BJP
A leaflet on the “Modi washing powder” was additionally distributed on the press convention with the prime minister’s image and a tagline “saare daag chutkiyon mein dhule (All stains can be washed away in a jiffy”.
Khera mentioned months after Patel joined the BJP alliance in Maharashtra by splitting the NCP, the CBI filed a closure report in a 2017 case of corruption which the BJP had talked about in its “cost sheet” launched in 2014.
The BJP in its 2014 Lok Sabha elections “cost sheet” towards the UPA authorities had listed what it described because the “Air India rip-off”.
Khera identified that the BJP had acknowledged that the “entire rip-off is roughly Rs. 25,000 crore to Rs 30,000 crore”.
The Central Bureau of Investigation had alleged that in 2006, Patel abused his place because the Union civil aviation minister within the UPA authorities to lease a number of plane for 5 years to Air India to profit personal gamers, Khera mentioned.
Not solely this, in 2019, the BJP made “some vile allegations” towards Patel claiming that “he was concerned in a property take care of 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts accused Iqbal Mirchi”, the Congress chief mentioned.
“BJP nationwide spokesperson Sambit Patra requested the Congress to return clear on the allegation of a land deal between Patel and Mirchi, a detailed aide of fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim who was declared a worldwide terrorist. We ask, what occurred to that ludicrous allegation, now?” Khera mentioned.
He claimed that there are a minimum of 21 main leaders who’ve been whitewashed “clear” after the BJP made allegations of corruption and illegality towards them.
Khera cited the names of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Narayan Rane, Ajit Pawar, Chhagan Bhujbal and Ashok Chavan as being amongst these towards whom the BJP had levelled allegations of corruption however stopped speaking about it once they joined the ranks of the BJP.
“Is the BJP 2014 cost sheet about Praful Patel and plenty of others who have been a part of Congress-UPA true? Or was it solely meant for mudslinging? Or to coerce opponents into supporting the BJP. Which situation holds true for Modi-Shah?” Khera mentioned.
“PM Modi just lately spoke about ‘dedicated judiciary’ and criticised the Congress social gathering for his personal authorities’s sins. Can PM Modi and HM Amit Shah, now come out overtly saying that they need dedicated establishments – a caged parrot CBI, an extortion directorate ED, or an revenue terminating IT?” he mentioned.
“Na khaunga, na khane doonga, agar BJP be a part of karo, to circumstances rafa-dafa kar doonga,” Khera mentioned, taking a jibe on the prime minister for his 2014 election assertion the place he had vowed to battle corruption.
Khera asserted that the Congress has at all times maintained that every one these “so-called scams” that the BJP spoke about have been pretend.
“All of the so-called studies, that the so-called CAG Mr Vinod Rai who was a puppet within the palms of these within the present regime ready, have been pretend. However we will certainly go after each single officer of those companies who has willingly change into a celebration to undermining our democracy and our Structure,” he asserted.
