Lok Sabha Polls 2024: Rahul Gandhi takes sweet break from campaigning, buys 1 kg Gulab Jamun
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi took a break from his hectic campaigning in Tamil Nadu for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and visited a sweet shop in Singanallur. The owner, Babu, expressed his surprise at the sudden and unannounced visit of the Congress leader.
«We were pleasantly surprised when Rahul Gandhi came by. He was probably visiting Coimbatore for a meeting. Since he likes (Gulab) Jamun, he bought a kilo of the sweet. He sampled the other sweets on display as well. I was happy that he came by. Our staff, too, were happy to see him. He was here for 25-30 minutes. We had no clue he would stop by and were all taken by surprise. We asked him not to pay but he insisted. He paid the whole amount,» the shop owner told ANI.
Earlier, Rahul Gandhi had criticized the BJP, labeling the Centre's electoral bond scheme as the «single biggest act of corruption done by anybody in the world». He made these remarks at a public meeting in Coimbatore, where he accused the BJP of operating a «washing machine» to cleanse the political system.
«The BJP is operating a washing machine. He (PM Modi) said he would cleanse our political system. He said he would bring a new scheme, an electoral bond scheme, as part of which whoever donates or makes monetary contributions to a party will remain anonymous. Regardless of how much money they contributed, nobody will know their names,» Rahul Gandhi said.
He also highlighted that the Supreme Court had deemed the scheme 'illegal' and demanded the release of the names of the donors. Rahul
