New Delhi: Rejecting the government’s defence over the Lalit Modi issue, Rahul Gandhi on Thursday launched a scathing attack on external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whom he dared to bring the former IPL commissioner back to India for cleansing cricket.
Countering Ms Swaraj’s allegations against his father Rajiv Gandhi, the Congress vice-president said that the late prime minister’s name been cleared by the judicial system of the country even as he alleged that she and finance minister Arun Jaitley had defended “black money network” in Parliament on Wednesday. Meanwhile, NDA leaders took out a “Save Democracy March” from Vijay Chowk to Mahatma Gandhi’s statue in the Parliament complex.
“We accept this undemocratic challenge by the Congress and will take it to the people. Our people will go to every nook and corner to expose the Congress, which is trying to stop the growth of the country...
The Congress wants to save the family, while BJP wants to save the country as it is our principle,” Mr Modi said. The Prime Minister asked NDA MPs and ministers to hold protests across the country during a month-long campaign.
