New Delhi: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that Prime Minister and senior BJP chief Narendra Modi is a ‘mastermind of the most important extortion scheme’ that represents connections with firms who bought electoral bonds for the BJP.
Throughout a brief interplay with the media, the Congress chief took a jibe at PM Modi’s interview with a information company and mentioned that Modi is attempting to do injury management by the interview as his lies about electoral bonds have been uncovered.
“The essential factor in electoral bond is- names and dates. Whenever you fastidiously see the names and dates you’ll know that after they gave the electoral bond, proper after that contract was given to them or the CBI inquiry was withdrawn towards them. Prime Minister is caught right here that is why he’s giving an interview to ANI. That is the most important extortion scheme on the planet and PM Modi is the mastermind of it,” Gandhi mentioned.
#WATCH | On Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s interview to ANI, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi says, “The essential factor in electoral bond is- names and dates. In the event you see the names and dates you’ll know that after they (donors) gave the electoral bond, proper after that contract was… pic.twitter.com/CiJhdW8pYD
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Rahul Gandhi additional added that every one distinguished contracts got to these donors instantly after the BJP obtained funds within the type of electoral bonds.
“Ask the PM to elucidate that someday CBI inquiry begins and instantly after that they get the cash and instantly after that CBI inquiry is scrapped. Massive contracts, infrastructure contracts- the corporate offers cash and instantly after that they’re given the contract. The reality is it’s extortion and PM Modi has masterminded it,” he mentioned.
In an interview with ANI, Modi mentioned that the electoral bonds scheme was aimed toward curbing black cash in elections and mentioned the opposition needs to run away after making allegations.
He mentioned of the 16 firms who gave donations after motion by probe companies, solely 37 per cent of the quantity went to the BJP and 63 per cent to opposition events who’re standing towards the BJP within the Lok Sabha Polls.
