Congress president Rahul Gandhi recently accused the BJP of spreading violence, forming governments using money and dividing the country for the sake of power.

He stated, “They will do anything for power. Modi ji will come and repeatedly lie. In Meghalaya, Manipur and Arunachal they brought the governments using money. You have seen it all.”

Gandhi yet again used a Mahabharata analogy at the Congress plenary as he asserted, “The question then was whether Hindustan walks on the path of truth or lies. In a way similar question is again being asked today. On one side BJP that can do anything for power,” while adding that the Congress was “based on truth.”

He further attacked BJP President Amit Shah and called him a “murder accused.” Gandhi also accused the PM of favouring big businesses by waiving their loans while ignoring farmers. He said, “Wherever Narendra Modi goes he says in the last 70 years nothing has happened. He is insulting your parents, poor farmers, labourers, small businessmen of India. Modi should stop insulting the common man.”

In his rally Gandhi also referred to the Punjab National bank fraud and said, “Nirav Modi ran away with the money of people of India and chowkidar (Modi) was just watching. Don't know whether the chowkidar was just watching or he opened the door, it is still not clear. This is the truth about Narendra Modi.”

Gandhi also accused Modi of not recognising other leaders in BJP. He charged, “The Prime Minister doesn't understand that there are other leaders in BJP. He doesn't understand there are Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, (Nitin) Gadkari(veteran L K ) Advani. All of them have worked for the country, but Modi doesn't want to give them space only one person wants to run the country.”

He also raised the Rafale fighter jet deal issue and alleged that the government tried its best to keep the price a secret. However, the French president during his visit to India denied having any such secret pact with India. To which Gandhi said, “The defence minister did not reveal the rates but somehow the manufacturer disclosed it.”

He stated that during the Congress regime, the purchase price was Rs. 570 crore for each plane whereas Modi fixed it at Rs 1,670 crore for each plane and said, “The Government was paying three times more than what we intended to pay.”