After Rahul Gandhi declared that he has detailed information to establish Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “personal corruption,” his party’s top leaders will meet with Mr Modi tomorrow morning, said sources. The agenda is for the opposition Congress to present a list of demands accumulated from farmers during Mr Gandhi’s extensive tour of Uttar Pradesh, which will vote soon for its next government.
Yesterday, Mr Gandhi was picked by opposition leaders from as many as 15 parties to speak on their behalf. “Read my lips,” he told reporters at parliament, before claiming that PM Modi is “terrified” by the likelihood of “detailed information about his personal corruption” being shared by Mr Gandhi in parliament. This, the Congress No 2 concluded, is why the government has refused to yield to the opposition’s demand for a debate in parliament that will be followed by a vote on its sudden cancellation of high-denomination notes.
The BJP appraised Mr Gandhi as “desperate” and said he has delivered “the year’s biggest joke.” It is in this context that Mr Gandhi has sought time with the PM, whose decision to outlaw 500 and 1,000-rupee notes he has attacked “as a huge scam.” The BJP’s response: the Congress, linked to mega financial swindles till it lost the general election, should pipe down about scams.
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