New Delhi: The BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s election campaign would cost a whopping Rs 5,000 crores, most of which is black money, the Congress on Wednesday alleged and sought a probe into the origin of these funds.
Speaking to reporters here, Union minister Kapil Sibal claimed that even BJP insiders say that the party would end up spending Rs 5,000 crores on the campaign.
He claimed that hundreds of crores of rupees were spent on the rallies of Mr Modi even before the model code came into force on March 5. This included Rs 300 crore alone on the rallies organised in Uttar Pradesh.
Mr Sibal claimed about Rs 20 crore were spent on the Bengaluru rally and Rs 40 crore on Lucknow rally, and asked “if this is the level of expenditure before the model code came into force, what about the expenditure on rallies after March 5?”
Raising a series of questions, Mr Sibal said, “Those who funded the poll expenses will seek favours. The rich will demand rich returns. There is no free lunch. The nation will be on sale. This is a party for the rich, by the rich,” he said.
