New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi alleged that the Centre thinks it can “stop him from asking questions” about the BJP government with its “vendetta” politics.
“That is not going to happen. This is the way the Central government functions. I absolutely see a political vendetta,” he said.
The allegations were refuted by finance minister Arun Jaitley, who dared Congress leaders for a debate on the matter and said Sonia and Rahul Gandhi should face trial. The Congress also fielded three of its top lawyer leaders — Kapil Sibal, Abhishek Singhvi and Randeep Surjewala — who insisted that the government and the BJP were pushing such cases against Congress leaders as part of its strategy for a “Congress-mukt” India.
Dubbing Dr Subramanian Swamy as “His Master’s Voice”, Mr Sibal alleged at the AICC briefing that the BJP leader had been specifically assigned to “persecute and prosecute” the Congress leadership and had been told to target them.
“Who is Subramanian Swamy? He is the power of attorney of the BJP to persecute and prosecute the Congress Party. We are ready to face the magistrate,” Mr Sibal said.
