Note ban, Rafale remain central to Rahul’s campaign
SEONI/SAGAR/MANDLA : Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that demonetisation was Prime Minister Modi’s “biggest scam”.
Addressing rallies in support of his party candidates for the November 28 polls in Madhya Pradesh, he said the BJP, in power in Madhya Pradesh since 2003, is only working for a few rich people.
The land acquired from tribals for industrialists during the 15-year BJP rule in the state will be returned when Congress forms a government, he said.
Modi had said that he did not want to become the country’s prime minister, but its ‘chowkidar’ (watchman), Gandhi said addressing a public rally in Barghat, Seoni district.
“It was thought that he would become ‘chowkidar’ of farmers, labourers, youths, mothers, sisters and weaker sections. But, he became a ‘chowkidar’ of (industrialist) Anil Ambani,” he said.
Addressing another public meeting in tribal-dominated Mandla district, Gandhi termed demonetisation as “the biggest scam”. “Have you seen any big person like Ambani and others in the queue after demonetisation?” he asked.
Gandhi claimed that Modi “cancelled the Rafale deal of 126 fighter aircraft with Dassault Aviation and HAL at a price of ₹526 crore per plane” without informing the Indian Air Force and the then defence minister Manohar Parrikar.
Both the government and Ambani-led Reliance Group have vehemently charges of favouritism and any irregularities in the ₹58,000-crore Rafale deal.
Madhya Pradesh will have a single phase polling for its 230 assembly seats on November 28 and the counting of votes will take placeonDecember11.