PM Modi, BJP doing corruption through electoral bonds, alleges Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged on Thursday, 11 April, that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are doing most of the corruption in the country through electoral bonds.

"Extortion is going on and its name is electoral bonds," Rahul Gandhi said while addressing a rally in Phalodi in the Jodhpur constituency of Rajasthan in support of the Congress candidate from the seat in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, Karan Singh Uchiyarda.

The Congress leader said industrialist Gautam Adani's stock prices started rising after 2014, when the BJP came to power at the Centre, and continue to rise because India knows that Adani and the prime minister have a very good relationship.

"Modi said 'I want to eliminate corruption' and brought the electoral bonds scheme. Industrialists gave thousands of crores of rupees to the BJP (through the electoral bonds). Modi said no one should know the name of the person who gives money under the scheme. A few days ago, the Supreme Court said the scheme is illegal and should be cancelled," Rahul Gandhi said.

In November 2023, Rahul Gandhi accused Narendra Modi of working for billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani and said instead of chanting 'Bharat Mata ki Jai', the prime minister should say "Adani ji ki Jai".

The Congress has been targeting the Adani Group, accusing it of benefitting from the BJP government, and has been demanding a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into allegations of "stock price manipulation" and financial irregularities against the Adani Group made by US research firm Hindenburg.