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NEW DELHI: Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi
and
Samajwadi Party
chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday slammed the
BJP government
over
electoral bonds
alleging that the saffron party has become a 'warehouse of the corrupts.'
"If you wanted to bring transparency then why did you hide the names of those who gave money to BJP. And why did you hide the dates on which they gave you the money?...
This is the biggest extortion scheme in the world," Rahul said at a joint press meet in Ghaziabad.
When asked about the party's performance in the upcoming elections Rahul said that he doesn't make 'poll predictions' but claimed that the BJP will not win more than 150 seats.
"I do not do prediction of seats. 15-20 days ago I was thinking BJP would win around 180 seats but now I think they will be limited to 150 seats. We are getting reports from every state that we are improving." he said.
Rahul while addressing a question about contesting from
Amethi
in the polls clarified, that he will abide by the 'party's decision' on contesting the polls. Amethi used be a congress stronghold till 2019, when Smriti Irani defeated Rahull Gandhi by 55120 votes.
Rahul also alleged that the "BJP wants to destroy the constitution", saying that the upcoming election is an 'election of ideology.'
"First of all, I would like to wish everyone on the occasion of Ram Navami. The upcoming election is an election of ideology. On one side is RSS and BJP who are trying to do away with the Constitution. While on the other hand, the Congress party is trying to defend the Constitution," the former Congress president said.
Rahul's comments comes a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he was indebted to “Ambedkar’s samvidhan” for preserving the country’s diversity, facilitating equitable economic growth and enabling someone like him to “rise from humble origins to become PM”.
"The Constitution has served its purpose, keeping the country one and united. For us, it is sacred, and a repository of our aastha (faith)," PM Modi had said.
Rahul also attack PM Modi for supporting 'big billionaires' and for the implementation of the 'Goods and Services Tax' saying, "In the last 10 years, PM Modi has reduced the system of employment generation by demonetization, by implementing the wrong GST and by supporting big billionaires like Adani."
Speaking about Congress's manifesto for the upcoming elections the Congress MP said, "The first task is to once again strengthen employment, and for that, we have given 23 ideas in our manifesto. One idea is the revolutionary idea of the right to apprenticeship. We have decided that we will give the right to apprenticeship to all the graduates and diploma holders in Uttar Pradesh. There will be training and we will deposit Rs 1 lakh per year in the bank accounts of the youth and we are giving these rights to crores of youth. We will make a law for paper leaks as well."
The SP and Congress have joined forces for the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh. While the Congress is vying for 17 seats, SP and several other allies are competing for the remaining 63 seats in UP, which sends 80 members to the Lok Sabha.
(With inputs from agencies)
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