The BJP on Wednesday highlighted corruption charges against the Gandhi family as it hit back at Rahul Gandhi for his attack on the government over the reports of inflated invoicing by the Adani Group in coal imports.BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia claimed the matter involving the business conglomerate is in the Supreme Court and Gandhi's comments on the issue shows he has no faith either in the Constitution or in the apex court. Alleging that the Gandhis are the "most corrupt" family in the world, Bhatia said at a press conference that Rahul Gandhi is himself on bail in the National Herald case. The Congress leader never speaks on the corruption charge against him and the alleged scams of his brother-in-law Robert Vadra, the BJP leader said.Bhatia raised the issue of Karnataka minister and Congress leader Shivanand Patil being showered with currency notes in the poll-bound Telangana and accused the party of defiling democracy and elections with its alleged use of corrupt money.Patil, he said, has acknowledged that it was he in in the viral video but there has been no reaction from the Congress leadership.
A video of Shivanand Patil, a minister in the Congress government in Karnataka, is going viral. In the video, notes are being showered on him. Notably, this corrupt minister has himself accepted that it was his video.
— BJP (@BJP4India) October 18, 2023
Looting public money is the goal of the Congress, and the… pic.twitter.com/S2Ji5AeZbf
Corruption is in the DNA of the Congress, he alleged.The Congress has made Karnataka an ATM for its corruption, he said, questioning the presence of ministers from the state in Telangana where the assembly polls are scheduled to be held on November 30.
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