Congress MP Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing assault on the BJP on Sunday, saying that the occasion’s “400 paar slogan will not be potential with out match-fixing”. He added that the Prime Minister selected “umpires” to go “400 paar”.
He made the remarks whereas addressing the ‘Loktantra Bachao’ rally in Delhi known as by high leaders of the Opposition INDIA bloc towards the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by the Enforcement Directorate on March 21 in connection to a cash laundering case linked to the now-scrapped Delhi excise coverage.
“With out EVMs, match-fixing, social media, and pressurising the press, they (BJP) can not win greater than 180 seats,” the Congress chief mentioned on the rally held in Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan.
“IPL matches are being held at this time. When umpires are pressurised, gamers are purchased and captains are threatened to win matches, it’s known as match-fixing in cricket. We’ve got Lok Sabha polls earlier than us; umpires have been chosen by Prime Minister Modi. Two gamers from our group have been arrested earlier than the match,” Rahul Gandhi mentioned.
“Congress is the most important opposition occasion and all our financial institution accounts have been closed in the course of elections. We’ve got to run campaigns, ship employees to states, put up posters, however all our financial institution accounts have been closed. What sort of election is that this?” he questioned.
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The Congress chief additionally claimed that the “match-fixing was being completed by the Prime Minister and 3-4 crony capitalists to grab the Structure from the poor”.
“This election will not be an extraordinary one, it’s to avoid wasting the nation and the Structure. If you don’t vote with full power, their match-fixing will succeed; if that succeeds, the Structure will likely be destroyed. The Structure is the voice of the folks. The day it’s completed, the nation will likely be completed.”
He additional famous that “a BJP MP had mentioned ‘we’ll change the Structure after we recover from 400 seats’. This was mentioned to check an thought.”
Sunday’s rally introduced collectively a bunch of Opposition leaders.
Additionally in attendance have been Arvind Kejriwal’s spouse Sunita Kejriwal, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti, former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, occasion leaders Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi, Samajwadi Celebration president Akhilesh Yadav, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, NCP (SCP) chief Sharad Pawar, former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s spouse Kalpana Soren, and others.
(With inputs from ANI and PTI)
