New Delhi, Jul 17 (PTI) Rahul Gandhi talking about corruption is like a thief guarding the house, the BJP said on Thursday, as it lashed out at the Congress leader for claiming that Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma will be put in jail by his party on graft charges.
BJP national spokesperson Syed Zafar Islam accused Gandhi of trying to spread chaos in his bid to look for excuses for the Congress’ frequent poll defeats, noting that he is himself facing corruption charges and is on bail, a reference to the National Herald case.
“It is ironic for someone on bail to talk about sending a chief minister to jail. He has no right to threaten an elected chief minister. Just wait a little, Rahul Gandhi himself may end up in jail,” he told reporters.
Islam said Gandhi considers himself a king but people have rejected him three times, repeatedly trashing his “Rahul model” of governance based on corruption and anarchy.
The former Congress president had created a stir on Wednesday with his statement in Assam that his party workers will send Sarma to jail and that it will sweep the assembly polls to be held next year.
“It is like a thief speaking of guarding the house,” Islam said, asserting that Sarma is a popularly elected leader whose good governance has been endorsed by voters of the state. He has not won due to Gandhi’s generosity, the BJP leader said in a swipe.
The BJP spokesperson alleged that Gandhi and other INDIA bloc leaders, including RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav, are trying to spread chaos by targeting the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in Bihar.
Gandhi is now trying to sow chaos in Assam, he said, claiming that the Congress leader keeps looking for excuses for the losses of his party in elections.
Gandhi’s governance model has flopped everywhere his party is in power, he alleged, claiming that the Congress has failed to fulfil its promises in states like Karnataka and Telangana.
Islam also welcomed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s announcement of free electricity up to 125 units to all domestic consumers in the state. It is a big gift and is an example of a government that listens to people’s voices, he said.
He said people identify the BJP with good governance and that is why they repeatedly put their faith in the party during elections. PTI KR KSS
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