PM Modi Plays Reverse Card On Rahul Gandhi, Invokes Ambani & Adani To Accuse Congress Of Corruption

PM Narendra Modi has accused the Congress of engaging in corruption and using the proceeds from Ambani and Adani to fund their election campaigns.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the election meeting in Telangana on Tuesday.

The intense heatwave across the country seems to have spilled over to heat up the Lok Sabha elections now. As the third phase of polling got over on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened a new front to attack the Congress and Rahul Gandhi. This time he used an oft-used weapon by Rahul Gandhi — Adani & Ambani — and seemed to turn the tables on the Wayanad MP. He accused the Congress of hoarding black money from the Adanis and the Ambanis to stop all attacks against the top industrialists of India.

This is the first time PM Modi invoked Ambani and Ambani to attack the Congress. So far, the Congress has been attacking the PM and the BJP for favouring the industrialists, accusing it of waiving their loans worth crores but burdening farmers for small loans.

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"Shehzada of Congress (Rahul Gandhi) have been saying same thing for last 5 years. He started saying Ambani-Adani. But since the election was declared, he… pic.twitter.com/Tw5gBQWK60

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Prime Minister Modi, while speaking at a public meeting in Telangana, said: "You must have seen the Shehzaada of Congress of has been chanting the name of [Mukesh] Ambani and [Gautam] Adani for 5 years. Suddenly, after the announcement of the elections, he stopped abusing Ambani and Adani. The Shehzaada must declare how much maal [money] he got from Ambani and Adani for the elections. How many bags of black money did he get from them? What deal did you crack with Ambani and Adani that you stopped abusing them overnight after attacking them for over 5 years? This means you have got trucks full of chori ka maal.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi further accused the Congress and the BRS of pursuing appeasement politics in cahoots with Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM. "Congress and BRS and given Hyderabad to the AIMIM on lease for so many years. But now the BJP has emerged as a challenger. The two are, however, bent on ensuring a win for the AIMIM," he said.