New Delhi/Raipur, Nov 13 (UNI) Launching a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on demonetisation, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that the note ban was aimed at turning the black money of corporate into white.
‘’Through demonetization, the PM snatched the money of poor and put it into the pocket of industrialists,’’ Rahul said while addressing a public rally at Mahasamund.
A day after the PM hit out at Rahul and his mother Sonia Gandhi for questioning him on demonetization and said he did not need a “certificate of honesty” from the “mother-son duo” who are out on bail, Rahul said,’’he said the note ban brought money out of pillows of people. He is right. But he did not tell from whom the money was snatched...all the poor people had to queue up to exchange notes. Did any billionaire queue up? Did anyone in suit-boot queue up.
India’s prime minister helped turn the black money of the rich into white. He snatched money of the poor, but ensured benefits for the rich.’’
He attacked the PM on the Rafale deal and Chhattisgarh chief Minister Raman Singh on the PDS scam and his son’s alleged involvement in the panama papers.
The Congress president questioned the claims of the PM of Removing corruption.
He charged the PM and Chief Minister Raman Singh of snathing money from the poor and the underprivileged sections and giving it to their favourite industrialist friends.
‘’In the last 15 years of this government, all of you have seen how the BJP Government has snatched money from the poor and put in in the pockets of its industrialist friends. Even the Prime Minister earlier talked of fighting corruption. But now things have changed,’’Rahul said.
Charging the Central Government for inaction against the chief Minister’s son despite his name figuring in the panama papers, Rahul said,’’in the neighbouring Pakistan, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was put in jail after his name appeared in panama papers. However, here, no action was taken against the son of the chief Minister's son despite his name figuring in Panama papers. Neither the chief Minister nor the PM have uttered a word on the issue.’’
He also charged the state government of inaction on the Rs 36,000 cr PDS scam.
‘’The state witnessed Rs 36000 cr PDS scam, the amount that the previous UP spent on MGNREG in one year. Diary was recovered in which it was written money was given to CM madam and Dr Saheb. The CM Madame is the wife of the chief minister while Dr Saheb is Dr Raman Singh. No action has been taken on the scam. And here, our Prime Minister talks of removing corruption,’’ Rahul said.
Attacking the PM on the Rafale deal, he said the PM put Rs 30000 cr in pocket of Anil Ambani, which was the money taken from the insurance scheme for the farmers.
He said that while the NDA Government had waived off loans of Rs 3 lakh 50000 crore of industrialists but not a single rupee of the loan taken by farmers in Chhattisgarh and the rest of the country has been waived off.
He said that if the Congress come to power, it would waive off the loans of farmers within ten days.
He said that the Congress would ensure that the farmers get the right MSP for their produce.
He said that when the Congress come to power it would not put public money into the pockets of Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Anil Ambani but spend it on hospitals, schools, colleges and universities to build the future of the students.
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