New Delhi: In a scathing assault on the BJP, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi has labeled the electoral bonds scheme because the “world’s largest extortion racket” and a “brainchild” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Throughout a press briefing amidst the ultimate leg of his ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’, Gandhi charged that the scheme, initially touted by PM Modi as a way to purify political finance, has devolved right into a mechanism for coercing India’s largest firms into funding the BJP. He expressed hope for an impending investigation into these allegations.
“It was meant to intimidate corporates into giving cash to the BJP….It’s the largest extortion racket on this planet….I hope investigation takes place,” he added. Gandhi accused the scheme of being a software for political manipulation, asserting that it facilitated the fragmentation of events such because the Shiv Sena and NCP and contributed to the downfall of state governments.
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Addressing inquiries in regards to the Congress receiving electoral bonds from firms that secured state contracts, Gandhi dismissed any correlation, emphasizing that opposition-run governments don’t oversee national-level contracts or management central investigative businesses.
The Congress chief highlighted the anonymity provision of the scheme, suggesting it was designed to allow discreet company donations. He claimed that firms beforehand non-donors to the BJP started contributing following investigations by the CBI and ED.
Gandhi didn’t mince phrases, accusing the Prime Minister of orchestrating “an enormous theft” via the electoral bonds scheme, which he described as Modi’s “brainchild.”
He additional alleged that the BJP-led central authorities has commandeered nationwide establishments to have interaction in corrupt practices, together with utilizing electoral bonds to engineer political upheaval. Gandhi assured punitive measures in opposition to such actions underneath a future non-BJP authorities.
In mild of current departures by distinguished Maharashtra Congress figures Ashok Chavan and Milind Deora, Gandhi maintained that the social gathering’s unity stays unshaken, projecting vital victories within the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Concluding the convention, Gandhi left the choice of his potential candidacy from Amethi to the social gathering’s central election committee and AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, reflecting on his earlier electoral experiences in Amethi and Wayanad.
