The war over Rafale deal is intensifying with each passing day. Both Congress and the BJP are leaving no stone unturned to convince people about their side of the story.
The Congress chief’s rally in Rajasthan’s Dungarpur can be termed as an extension of the party’s strategy to corner the Narendra Modi government on the issue.
In a no-hold-barred attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said people are now heard saying that the country's ‘watchman is a thief (chowkidaar hor hai)’.
The remark was an apparent reference to the PM’s silence on the Rafale fighter aircraft deal with France. Gandhi also said that the Modi government has failed to bring fugitive business tycoon Vijay Mallya to book.
In his rally, Gandhi said that Pm Modi had said he did not want to become the country's prime minister, but its chowkidar' (watchman).
He added now it is heard on the streets that the country's chowkidar' is a thief. Galli galli me shor hai, desh ka chowkidar chor hai, he said in Hindi at a rally in tribal dominated Sagwara of Udaipur district.
The BJP was quick in slamming Gandhi’s remark. Union Minister Smriti Irani said that such statement showed that the Congress chief has no respect for the Prime Minister's post.
Gandhi’s election rally in Rajasthan shows that the Congress is in mood to trounce the Vasundhara Raje administration. The state Assembly elections will be held in later this year.
The Congress has deployed a team of young professionals to organise crowdfunding in Rajasthan.
The plan is similar to what former United States President Barak Obama did during his two successful campaigns.
Obama had used crowdfunding as a tool to connect to ordinary citizens and changed the way US elections were fought. Nowadays, billions of dollars are being raised through crowdfunding around the globe. The World Bank predicts that global crowdfunding is expected to cross $93 billion by 2025.
Gandhi is not just looking at filling the empty coffers to fight the Assembly Elections but also win the battle of ‘clean image.’
(With agency inputs)
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