PM Modi not chowkidar of common man but of big businessmen, says Rahul Gandhi

Kalaburagi: Taking strong exception to the ‘Main Bhi Chowkidar’ campaign launched by PM Modi, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday expressed his resentment at Mr Modi describing people in the whole of the country, chowkidars after his 'theft' was exposed following the Rafale deal.

The BJP has started its 'Main Bhi Chowkidar' campaign with Prime Minister Modi and other BJP leaders prefixing the word chowkidar to their names in their twitter profiles as they sought people’s support in the Lok Sabha election while urging people from different walks of life to turn chowkidars and do their bit for the country.

“Earlier when Mr Modi was chosen PM, he called himself chowkidar. But after his theft came to light in the Rafale deal, he started calling all people chowkidars. He is not the chowkidar of the common people, but the chowkidar of industrialists such as Anil Ambani and Nirav Modi, Mr Gandhi said at the Parivartana rally here.

Describing the Rafale jet deal as the biggest defence scam, Mr Gandhi alleged that Mr Modi had “directly put Rs 30,000 crore into the account of industrialist Anil Ambani via the deal. The country's youth yearn for employment, but Mr Modi has denied them their due refusing to give the Rafale contract to HAL. A prominent newspaper through its articles has proved that the chowkidar is indeed a thief as he allowed parallel negotiations to be held with the French company manufacturing Rafale", Mr Gandhi remarked. He made a scathing attack on the PM for trying to bring in “one man rule”through various steps including “winding up the Constitution,” “Mr Modi wants to close all institutions.

Never before has there been a situation where Supreme Court judges have gone to the media declaring that they had no freedom to discharge their duties. The PM brought in note-bandi without seeking the advice of the RBI and the RSS, including the PM, have made clear their intent to finish off the Constitution. But I would like to declare that as long as the Congress is there, come what may, we will not allow Mr Modi to succeed in his efforts to tamper with the Constitution,” he said.