Modi now targets ‘Sonia confidant’

He said, “The central government’s Income Tax department has taped telephone conversations of almost 300-400 hours of owners of meat trading companies exposing their involvement in hawala deals, transferring black money abroad and anti-national activities… one of the persons involved in this conversation is a close confidant of 10, Janpath.” Modi said “Bharat sarkar should not keep this hidden from public”.

“The central government should clarify who is this person close to Soniaji and involved in this hawala racket,” he said.

Modi alleged Sonia’s “close friends” were also involved in another scam involving “thousands of crores of rupees” and “anti-national activities” but the Centre was drawing a veil over it.

“A Pune-based horse trader was caught in a scam involving thousand of crores of rupees. The Supreme Court directed the centre to form an SIT. However, the centre has not formed any SIT just to hide Sonia’s close friends,” he declared.

Modi also attacked Patel for camping in Dediapada at the time of polls and said, “The Congress has accepted defeat, otherwise why should its adviser come here to rest. In such an important election, where I have no time to even breathe, he is resting here, eating mangoes.”

On Rahul Gandhi’s charge that the BJP did not believe in empowering women, Modi said, “This very BJP government passed a bill in the Assembly for…50 per cent reservation for women at all levels of governance. But your governor refused to put her signature on it thrice.”