"He is writing the last chapter of Congress-mukt Bharat (Congress-free India) through his flop and expired script and eroding whatever base the party has been left with.
"Congress and Rahul Gandhi don't have any fact or logic. They are engaged in a conspiracy to weaken the fight against black money and corruption through rumours and propaganda of falsehood. Congress and its allies should keep in mind that this is a battle of honesty versus dishonesty," Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said in a statement.
Training guns on Gandhi over alleged corruption involving his party, Naqvi said when "skeletons of corruption" start coming out, they will disturb the "yuvraj's (prince) political calculations".
Corruption and loot is in the DNA of Congress, he alleged.
Latest revelation in the VVIP chopper scam is indicative of the involvement of Congress' first family, he claimed, insisting this is the reason the opposition party and its "yuvraj" see corruption everywhere.
Referring to Gandhi's attack on BJP over the Lalit Modi episode last year, he said the Congress leader had then also said an earthquake will come when he speaks on the issue.
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Attacking Rahul Gandhi, BJP National Secretary Shrikant Sharma said the Congress leader should tell the nation who were the "political family and AP" to whom the alleged middleman in VVIP chopper case, James Christian Michel, refers to as the beneficiaries of the scam.
While the Congress Vice President talks about the Prime Minister's "personal corruption" without giving out any specifics, he must also share details about the chopper scam's beneficiaries, he said.
"It only shows Gandhi's incompetence and arrogance as he levels unsubstantiated charges against the Prime Minister but does not respond to specific charges against his party," he said.
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