Save me Ambani-Adani!: Rahul Gandhi's fresh jibe at PM

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi took a scathing jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, accusing him of seeking assistance from industrialists Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani for the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. Gandhi countered Modi's allegation that Congress remained silent about the industrialists due to an alleged secret deal, asserting that Modi mentioned "Adani-Ambani" in his speech after ten years.

"In 10 years, Narendra Modi never mentioned the names of Adani and Ambani. He gave thousands of speeches in 10 years but he never took their names. When someone gets scared, he takes the names of people who, he thinks, can save them," Rahul Gandhi remarked.

"So, Narendra Modi took the names of two of his friends (and said) - 'Save me, the INDIA alliance has cornered me, I am losing. Adani-Ambani, save me'," he said, mocking PM Modi.

Hitting back on Modi's  accusation that Congress accepted money to maintain silence, Rahul Gandhi mocked that BJP leader had personal experience with tempo. 

"For five years, the Congress's Shehzada kept repeating one thing. But when the Rafale issue faded, he switched to targeting five industrialists, especially Ambani and Adani. However, once the elections were announced, he stopped attacking them. let the Shehzada announce, how much has been lifted from Ambani-Adani. Has tempo loads of notes (currency) reached the Congress? What deal has been arrived at, that abusing Ambani-Adani has stopped overnight," PM said eartier this week while campaigning in Telengana.