PM is champion of corruption: Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged that the electoral bonds scheme was the world’s biggest “extortion scheme” and that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the “champion of corruption.”

Addressing a joint press conference with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav here, Mr. Gandhi said there is a strong undercurrent in favor of the opposition INDIA bloc in the Lok Sabha elections, and the BJP will be limited to 150 seats.

Yadav said the winds of change will start blowing from Ghaziabad in western Uttar Pradesh to Ghazipur, and the BJP will be given a grand farewell in the Lok Sabha elections.

“We have to ensure that not a single vote is divided in the Lok Sabha polls,” Mr. Yadav said.

Criticizing the now-scrapped electoral bonds, Mr. Gandhi said the Prime Minister claims that the scheme was brought to bring poll funding transparency, but why did the Supreme Court strike it down?

“The electoral bonds scheme is the biggest extortion scheme in the world. India’s businessmen know it very well. No matter how much the prime minister clarifies, it will have no impact because the entire nation knows that the prime minister is the champion of corruption,” Mr. Gandhi said.