It said the Congress vice president was afraid that the government's ongoing action against corruption will result in expose of a number of graft cases involving his party leaders.
"Rahul Gandhi is frustrated and desperate due to success of Modi's campaign against black money and corruption. He is perhaps most hurt by demonetisation, thus levelling untrue and baseless allegations. That is why he raked up charges which the Supreme Court had refused to take note of.
He noted that former Union Minister Preneet Kaur's names had cropped up in one such list of foreign account holders. She has maintained that she never had such an account.
Gandhi is himself out on bail in the National Herald case of corruption, he said, claiming that industry groups run by Adani brothers and Anil Ambani had run up debt of Rs 72 thousand crore and Rs 1.13 lakh crore respectively during the UPA government.
Addressing a public rally in Baran in Rajasthan, Gandhi alleged that the note ban decision "is not against corruption but is an economic lockdown. It is not against black money but against the poor, farmers, labourers and women".
"In the last two-and-a-half years, Modi only worked to create a divide in the country and functioned only for the rich," he alleged.
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