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Rajasthan Assembly Elections 2018: PM Narendra Modi fires AgustaWestland, National Herald salvos at Congress

He said it was during UPA’s rule that VVIP chopper scam took place

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It was a full house at PM Narendra Modi’s rally in Sumperpur in Pali district on Wednesday.
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The Congress party is the architect of corruption, a fact which has come to the fore in the form of AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam and the National Herald case, said PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday. While addressing an election rally at Sumerpur in Pali district, he said, “During the UPA’s rule, AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam took place. After we came to power at the Centre, the investigation was conducted into the matter. One person (Christian Michel) from Dubai has been found involved in the case. Now ‘Raazdaar’ will reveal all secrets. We don’t know how far this issue will go.”

On Tuesday Christian Michel, a British national and alleged middleman in Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal, which was signed in February 2019, was extradited to India from Dubai. He has been kept at the CBI headquarters in New Delhi and is likely to be produced in a competent court here on Wednesday.

PM Modi also hit out at Congress president Rahul Gandhi and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi for their alleged involvement in the National Herald case. “We won in the Supreme Court on Tuesday. The apex court said that the Central government has the right to reassess the income tax returns of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi,” he said. Invoking his social background, Prime Minister Modi said, “No one had ever thought that a ‘chaiwala’ will bring down a party that ruled for four generations in the county. I have taken them to the court and they had to seek bail in the cases related to their acts of corruption.”

Prime Minister Modi also accused the Congress of doing “very little” for the poor as the party was “only concerned about being in power.” “I was not born with a silver spoon. I have seen poverty. After coming to power, I believe that there is no reason for India to be poor after so many years of independence. Only one family is the reason for our poverty,” he said. 

(With inputs from ANI)

Exuding confidence

Exuding confidence that the BJP would retain power in Rajasthan, Prime Minister Modi while addressing an election rally at Sumerpur in Pali district said, “Wherever I traveled and met the people in the state, I have felt that they have decided to elect the BJP once again. People of Rajasthan have decided. Now, our work is to win every polling booth. I don’t want to win just Rajasthan. I want to win every polling booth.” 

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