Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused the Narendra Modi government of corruption, and said that the country’s “chowkidar” would be in jail after elections. He was speaking at a rally here for the Congress’s Nagpur and Ramtek nominees, Nana Patole and Kishor Gajbhiye, respectively. Click here for more election news Rahul kept his focus on “corruption, unemployment and farmers’ problems” during the NDA government’s tenure. “The Modi government purchased Rafale jets priced at Rs 550 crore each at Rs 1,600 crore. Modi directly dealt with the French government and then Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar had no idea about it. This had been mentioned in documents of Defence Ministry and Parrikar had also said it in so many words,” he said, adding, “Parrikar knew some fraud had taken place in the deal.” Repeating the allegations of favouritism towards businessmen like Anil Ambani, Vijay Mallya, Gautam Adani, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi, he said, “They ran away with lakhs of crores and Modi refers to them as Bhai. Modi says make me chowkidar, not PM. After elections, there will be an inquiry, the chowkidar will go to jail.” Also Read | Smriti Irani slams Rahul: Missing MP has gone to deceive people in Kerala now Rahul said his “dream idea” was giving Rs 72,000 per year to 20 crore poor families in the country. “My eyes are fixed on this goal like Arjun had fixed his aim at the fish (in Mahabharata). I will not tell you a lie like depositing Rs 15 lakh in your accounts because falsehood doesn’t last beyond 2-3 months. I wish to work with you for 15-20 years,” he said. On BJP leaders questioning the idea, he said, “They ask where the money will come from. They don’t ask this question when it comes to giving land to Patanjali in Nagpur’s MIHAN project and while giving Rafale offset contracts to Anil Ambani, who had no money and competence to handle the project. I will tell you where the money will come from. It will come from the coffers of the likes of Ambani, Choksi and Nirav Modi.” Also Read | Rahul files nomination in Wayanad: ‘I understand CPM has to attack me, but I am not going to say a word against them’ Rahul also mooted the idea of making India economically superior to China.
