Modi calls Rajiv Gandhi `Corrupt No.1` |
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched a blistering counter attack on Congress President Rahul Gandhi as he said at a rally in Uttar Pradesh that the life of his father, former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, ended as "corrupt number 1". PM Narendra Modi also referred to the Congress chief`s incessant attacks on him, alleging corruption in the Rafale jet deal, is being done only with the aim of tarnishing his image. PM Modi addressing a rally in Uttar Pradesh said "Your father was termed `Mr Clean` by his courtiers, but his life ended as ``Bhrashtachari or corrupt number 1." PM Modi referred to the Bofors case that devastated the Congress government of Rajiv Gandhi in the 1980s and ruined the party`s prospects of returning to power for years. The scandal swirled around allegations that Swedish defence manufacturer Bofors paid huge kickbacks to Rajiv Gandhi and others for the sale of its artillery gun to India. The High Court though has said there was no evidence that Rajiv Gandhi had accepted bribes.
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