‘It's an assault on democracy,’ alleges Rahul Gandhi slamming BJP for freezing Congress bank accounts
Rahul Gandhi on Thursday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Centre and said that Congress bank accounts are frozen, hindering campaign work and support to workers and candidates. Rahul Gandhi termed this “criminal action done on Congress by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah." As reported by ANI, Rahul Gandhi said during a press conference in New Delhi, “The idea that India is a democracy is a lie. There is no democracy in India today.
The idea that India is the world's largest democracy is a lie. A complete lie. 20% of India votes for us and we are not able to pay ₹2 for anything." “It has been orchestrated to cripple us in the elections.
Even if our bank accounts are unfrozen today, a huge amount of debt damage has been done to Indian democracy," the Congress leader further added. Meanwhile, Former Congress President Sonia Gandhi said that this issue affects not just Congress, it impacts our democracy itself most fundamentally. “A systematic effort is underway by the Prime Minister to cripple the Indian National Congress financially." Rahul Gandhi further alleged that the party can't book advertisements or send our leaders anywhere.
“We can do no campaign work, we cannot support our workers, we cannot support our candidates...This has been done two months before the election campaign. One notice comes from the 90s, another from 6-7 years ago. Quantum amount ₹14 Lakhs and punishment - our entire financial identity...EC has not even said anything...Already, our ability to fight elections has been damaged, we have already lost a month," he added.
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