Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi stole from the people of Andhra Pradesh and gave the money to industrialist Anil Ambani.
Mr. Gandhi, who expressed support for Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu’s day-long fast in New Delhi demanding that the Centre fulfil all promises made during the State's bifurcation in 2014, said the Prime Minister was not following ‘raj dharma’ by denying the State the Special Category Status.
The government and Mr. Ambani have rejected Mr. Gandhi’s allegations of corruption in the Rafale fighter jet deal with France.
“Mr. Narendra Modi, wherever he goes, he goes to Andhra Pradesh, he lies about special status. He goes to the Northeast, he tells another lie over there. He goes to Maharashtra and he tells another lie over there. He has absolutely got no credibility left,” Mr. Gandhi said at Andhra Bhavan, the venue of the hunger strike.
