BJP does anything for the sake of power, alleged Rahul

In a hard hitting attack on the BJP, Congress president Rahul Gandhi today accused it of spreading violence, forming governments using money and dividing the country for the sake of power.

Embarking on the third round of his campaign tour in poll-bound Karnataka, he also lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi charging him with "insulting" the common man by claiming credit for the country's progress.

"They will do anything for power. Modi ji will comeand repeatedly lie," he said, addressing public meetings in the coastal Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts, considered the stronghold of the BJP which is posing a tough challenge to the ruling Congress in the upcoming assembly polls.

"In Meghalaya, Manipur and Arunachal they brought the governments using money. You have seen it all," Gandhi charged.

Two days after using Mahabharata analogy at the Congress plenary where he had said while BJP was like Kauravas, who fought for power, the Congress, as Pandavas did, battled for truth, Gandhi today again invoked the epic battle to portray the present situation.

"The question then was whether Hindustan walks on thepath of truth or lies. In a way similar question is again being asked today. On one side BJP that can do anything for power," he charged adding on other side, Congress was "based on truth."
In his rally at Surathkal, Gandhi referred to the Punjab National bank fraud and said money was taken away from people's pockets and put into banks and a few days later Nirav Modi ran away with "your money worth Rs 22,000 crore."
He said Modi makes "big speeches but there is no weight in what he speaks, he makes promises, and he distributes promises like toffeestake this take this"
Gandhi said, "The defence minister did not reveal the rates but somehow the manufacturer disclosed it."