'Modi champion of corruption, electoral bonds world's biggest extortion scheme': Rahul Gandhi

• Rahul Gandhi labels electoral bonds as the world's largest "extortion scheme" during a press conference in Ghaziabad
• Dismissing Modi's claims of transparency he calls it "scripted" and a "flop show"
• Questions, "If you wanted to bring transparency, why did you hide the names of those who gave money to the BJP?"

In a scathing attack on the BJP-led government, Member of Parliament Rahul Gandhi denounced the now-defunct electoral bonds as the world's largest "extortion scheme" during a joint press conference with Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav in Ghaziabad. The conference, held just two days before the first phase of the 2024 national polls. Gandhi labelled PM Modi as a "champion of corruption."

Gandhi jabbed on Modi’s comment that the electoral bonds were brought for transparency and to clean politics, dismissing it as “scripted” and a “flop show”, and asked if this is true, why did the Supreme Court scrap the scheme. “If you wanted to bring transparency, why did you hide the names of those who gave money to the BJP? And why did you hide the dates on which they gave them the money.”

"No matter how much clarification Modi gives, it will not make any difference. “...the entire country knows that the Prime Minister is the champion of corruption,” Gandhi said.

Yadav also attacked the BJP over the electoral bond scheme, saying it has shaken the party. “They are not only taking corrupt people but also keeping the money earned by the corrupt...” Yadav said.