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Madhya Pradesh Election 2018: “Demonetisation biggest scam in independent India,” says Rahul Gandhi

Sagar (Madhya Pradesh) | ByPress Trust of India
Nov 17, 2018 03:02 PM IST

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday termed demonetisation as the biggest scam in the history of independent India.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday termed demonetisation as the biggest scam in the history of independent India, adding it would be proved that PM Narendra Modi had “robbed the poor of their hard-earned money and given it away to a few rich”.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday termed demonetisation as the biggest scam in the history of independent India.(PTI)
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday termed demonetisation as the biggest scam in the history of independent India.(PTI)

Addressing a campaign rally for the November 28 Madhya Pradesh assembly polls, Gandhi said Modi does not talk about being a “chowkidar (watchman) of the country and of tackling corruption.

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“If Modi says he is a chowkidar, people will respond that chowkidar chor hai,” he said, addressing a rally at Deori in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh.

Gandhi claimed that Modi “cancelled the Rafale deal of 126 fighter aircraft with Dassault Aviation and HAL at a price of Rs 526 crore per plane” without informing the Indian Air Force and the then defence minister Manohar Parrikar.

“The then French president Francois Hollande has said the Indian government had asked for Anil Ambani to be taken on board for the deal,” the Congress chief said.

“Modi gave Rs 30,000 crore to Anil Ambani in this deal. This is the chowkidari he has done,” Gandhi said.

After the note ban, Modi made honest and hardworking citizens to stand in queues outside banks, Gandhi said.

“He (Modi) allowed the rich like Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi, Vijay Mallya to flee the country with your money and made you stand in queues outside banks. Time will prove how Modi had robbed you and gave your money to few rich,” he said.

“These days, PM Narendra Modi’s speeches don’t have any mention of (eradicating) corruption, a tall promise that he had made before coming to power,” Gandhi said.

Modi had claimed that he will be the chowkidar (watchman) of the country but he turned out to be chowkidar of a few industrialists, like Ambani, he said.

(This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text. Only the headline has been changed.)

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