HYDERABAD: In a curious twist to the electoral discourse on crony capitalism, PM Modi on Wednesday accused Congress of striking a deal with “Ambani and Adani” and asked if the party had received “tempo loads of black money” from the two businessmen in return for Rahul Gandhi to stop “abusing” them during the elections.
“You must have seen, for the past five years, the Congress shehzada used to chant morning to evening…Since his Rafale issue got grounded, he started chanting about ‘five industrialists’… then ‘Ambani-Adani’. But ever since elections have been announced, these people (Congress) have stopped abusing Ambani-Adani,” the PM said at a rally in Karimnagar in Telangana.
“You must have seen, for the past five years, the Congress shehzada used to chant morning to evening…Since his Rafale issue got grounded, he started chanting about ‘five industrialists’… then ‘Ambani-Adani’. But ever since elections have been announced, these people (Congress) have stopped abusing Ambani-Adani,” the PM said at a rally in Karimnagar in Telangana.
Modi said there was certainly something fishy (“daal me kuch kaala hai”) as for five years, they (Congress and Rahul) abused Adani-Ambani and it stopped overnight. “It means you have received some tempo loads of ‘chori ka maal’ (looted money),” he added.
The PM accusing Congress of taking huge amounts of black money came as a surprise since he has been at the receiving end of the opposition party’s barbs on crony capitalism.