Adani issue: Rahul Gandhi made baseless allegations against PM Modi, says BJP

BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday accused Rahul Gandhi of making baseless shameless and reckless allegations against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and charged that the Congress and the Gandhi family were involved in big scams which tarnished the image of the countryDeal and commission have been part of the Congress working culture and the party has been in distress as the Modi government eliminated these corrupt practices the former law minister told reporters soon after Gandhi launched a sharp attack on the prime minister over the Adani issueAlso readPM Modi has enhanced Indias global standing BJP members in Rajya SabhaParticipating in the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the Presidents Address in Lok Sabh Gandhi linked the massive rise in the business fortunes and personal wealth of businessman Gautam Adani to the Modi government coming to power in 2014Rahul Gandhi made baseless shameless and reckless allegations against PM Modi Prasad told reporters outside ParliamentVoters will teach him a lesson in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls as they did in 2019 after Rahul Gandhi the then Congress president had accused Modi of corruption in the Rafale aircraft dealIn fact it is the Congress and its leaders who were involved in all those big scams which tarnished the image of India he added citing the corruption cases related to the Bofors deal and the Adarsh societyPrasad also referred to the National Herald case and the AgustaWestland scam case to attack the Gandhi family Its time to revive the memory of Rahul Gandhi on corruptionCiting the National Herald case in which Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi are accused Prasad said both are on bail and also raked up the allegations against his brotherinlaw Robert VadraThe Congress party is based on the twin pillars of corruption and protecting the corrupt he said Corruption and giving protection to the corrupt have been the history of Rahul Gandhi and his familyModi has been running an honest government which has made the laws against fugitive persons and corrupt practices like benami transactions more stringent the BJP leader said adding that many absconding accused have been extradited to India and similar exercise is on against othersWith Gandhi displaying pictures of Modi with Adani during his speech Prasad said the photographs of the Congress leaders presence in the events of Nirav Modi and with Mehul Choksi both fugitives are also doing the roundsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever