Modi seen with businessmen but not farmers, says Rahul
NUH (HARYANA): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday of being a “loudspeaker for Adani and Ambani” and alleged that he only talked about big businessmen and had taken out money from the pockets of the poor to give away to his “rich friends”.
Addressing his first rally here for the October 21 Haryana Assembly polls, Gandhi also attacked chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar, alleging that both he and Modi did not talk about the poor and only thought about the welfare of “rich” businessmen.
“Narendra Modi is the loudspeaker of Ambani and Adani as he only talks about them all day. Modi and Khattar are taking away your money and giving it to their 15 rich friends,” Gandhi said.
“Modi’s work is to divert your attention from the real issues, so you do not ask any questions of them,” he said.
Accusing Modi of waiving Rs 5.50 lakh crore of 15 rich businessmen, Gandhi alleged that the media did not highlight the real issues.
Gandhi also targeted the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), accusing them of dividing the country and its people on the basis of caste, religion and region like the British, and said the Congress united people.
“The Congress is the party for everyone and our job is to unite people, while the BJP-RSS, like the British, divide the country and its people and make them fight each other. Wherever they go, they make people fight on the basis of caste, religion, region,” he said. “You will see Modi only with ( Donald) Trump and Ambani, but you will never see him with farmers,” he said. NEWDELHI: A Delhi court Monday reserved its order on the Enforcement Directorate’s plea seeking to arrest and interrogate former finance minister P Chidambaram in the INX Media money laundering case.
“I will pass orders on the applications tomorrow,” special judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar said. At the outset, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the ED, told special judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar that there is a finding by the Supreme Court that custodial interrogation of Chidambaram is necessary.
Money laundering is a separate offence, Mehta said and moved an application for Chidambaram’s arrest and remand.
The plea was vehemently opposed by senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Chidambaram, who said that the CBI has already taken remand and ED has no ground since the offence is same.
“CBI has already sought his custody for investigating payment and companies abroad, which the ED wants to probe now,” he said. Sibal urged the court to recall its order by which Tihar authorities were directed to produce Chidambaram.
Chidambaram is in judicial custody till October 17 in the INX Media corruption case filed by the CBI. The ED had on Friday moved a plea seeking production warrant of the 74-year old senior Congress leader. The probe agency said in its plea that it requires custodial interrogation of Chidambaram in the money laundering case related to INX Media.