The Indian Express (Delhi Edition)
INDIA bloc storm is coming in UP, Modi will not be PM, says Rahul: ‘Likh ke le lo’
DAYS AFTER Prime Minister Na rend ram o di alleged that rahul Gandhi had stopped taking the names of “Ambani and Adani” since the Lok Sabha elections were notified, the congress leader on Friday mentioned Adani at least 27 times and Ambani 14 times during a rally in Kanpur and said that by mentioning the names of both the industrialists, the PM has accepted defeat.
Claiming that the alliance of Congress and Samajwadi Party would win no less than 50 of the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh, Rahul said that Modi would not become Prime Minister after June 4 when the votes will be counted.
Addressing a joint rally with Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav in Kanpur, Rahul said: “I did not stop... Adaniambani, Adani-ambani... and at the end Prime Minister Narendra Modi shivers and mentions the nameofadani-ambaniinpublic.”
“The day the Prime Minister mentioned the names of Adani and Ambani from the stage like this, India’s prime minister accepted the defeat. I am telling you, aaplikhke le lo( takei tin writing)... Narendra Modi will not be the Prime Minister on June 4, 2024… It’s over,” he said.
In Kannauj from where Akhilesh is contesting, Rahul said: “In the past 10 years, Modi did not mention Adani and Ambani in thousands of his speeches... When somebody is scared, he takes the name of that person who, as per his belief, can rescue him. For the same reason, Narendra Modi ji took the names of his two friends, appealing to them to come to his rescue.”
Referring to PM Modi’s charge that chori ka maal (loot money) has been delivered to the Congress in tempos, Rahul said: “How does he know that? Why did he not order an ED or CBI inquiry against them?”
"In Uttar Pradesh, the storm of the INDIA bloc is arriving. The biggest defeat of the BJP is going to take place in Uttar Pradesh,” he said.
Akhilesh claimed that the BJP has scored low in the first three phases of the election so far. He said that the Agniveer recruitment system will be abolished once they come to power.
Chidambaram attacks PM on Ambani-adani
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said in a post on “X” that PM Modi had made a “very serious allegation” against two prominent industrialists. Chidambaram said that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s demand for an inquiry by the CBI or ED was absolutely justified. “Why has the Hon'ble Prime Minister (the Minister for CBI) gone quiet in the last 24 hours? Why has the Hon'ble Finance Minister (the Minister for ED) not responded to the demand for an inquiry? Their silence is ominous,” Chidambaram posted.