Judiciary, EC, RBI being torn apart under BJP government: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi in UK

Addressing members of the Indian Overseas Congress in London, Gandhi said the Prime Minister insulted every Indian by saying that no development activity happened in the last 70 years.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi (Photo|Vinay Madapu/EPS)

NEW DELHI: Continuing with his attacks on the Modi government in London, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi slammed the centre for denigrating public institutions, ignoring the poor and insulting citizens by saying nothing happened before 2014.

"Institutions such as the Supreme Court, the Election Commission of India and the Reserve Bank of India are being torn apart now," Rahul said addressing a gathering of the Indian Overseas Congress in London on Saturday.

He cited the presser by four senior-most judges of the apex court to say they were not being allowed to work.

Noting that Dalits, farmers, tribals, minorities and the poor in India are beaten up if they raise their voice, Rahul charged that the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act has been "destroyed and scholarships have been discontinued".

"When the farmers of Karnataka and Telangana ask for loan waiver, PM Modi says this is not our policy. India's few richest businessmen have NPAs of Rs 12.5 lakh crore, but the Prime Minister says nothing".

Talking about corruption in Rafale deal, he said, "I do not use bad language for the prime minister. And if you have listened to the debate on the Rafale jet deal in Parliament, you would have seen that the PM could not answer my questions.”

"Nobody will get anything. Only Ambani will get everything. This man has accrued a debt of Rs 45,000 crore," Rahul alleged.

The Congress chief said the Prime Minister insulted every Indian by saying that no development took place in the past 70 years.

"India shows the future to the world. The people of India made this possible, and the Congress helped them. If the Prime Minister says nothing had happened before he assumed office, he is not commenting on the Congress, he is insulting every person of the country," Rahul.

Talking about the Unnao rape and murder case, Rahul said the Prime Minister kept quiet "when his own party's MLA was involved and when Nirav Modi ran away with people's money".