Bangalore: Lashing out at BJP president Amit Shah, Congress president Rahul Gandhi Tuesday said people tend to forget that a man who talks about honesty and decency is a “murder accused”.
Addressing media persons here, Gandhi said, “Amit Shah has been accused of murder, right? The Supreme Court has mentioned in the Loya case (Judge BH Loya). So, I don’t think Amit Shah has much of credibility.
“People in India tend to forget that the Bharatiya Janata Party president is a murder accused. The party, which talks about honesty and decency, has a person who has been accused of murder as its president,” said Gandhi.
Gandhi also questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to pick a “corrupt person” as the Chief Ministerial candidate (BS Yeddyurappa) in Karnataka.
He said: “We are asking the Prime Minister to please explain to the people of Karnataka why he has chosen a corrupt person with a record of being in jail as Chief Ministerial candidate. People of Karnataka want to know why Modi could not find a non-corrupt candidate.”
He said people also wanted to know why Modi gave eight tickets to Reddy brothers, who had stolen `35,000 crore of public money.
Gandhi also tweeted: “It’s a clear fight in Karnataka. Clean politics vs Dirty politics. Mafia vs People. With the BJP fielding the corrupt Reddy gang, we are trying a novel approach to fund our candidates. Support our candidate by making a contribution.”
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