'Opposition Got Bonds Too, Is It Extortion?' Amit Shah Rebuts Rahul Gandhi
Amit Shah hit out at the Congress's Rahul Gandhi in an interview to NDTV
Countering the Opposition's charge on the now-scrapped electoral bonds system, Union Home Minister Amit Shah today asked if the Opposition parties would also describe donations they received through bonds as "extortion".
Mr Shah's remarks, made in an exclusive interview to NDTV, were a sharp response to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who has said the electoral bonds system was the "world's biggest extortion scheme" and called Prime Minister Narendra Modi as "champion of corruption".
Responding to the Opposition parties charge on the issue in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls, Mr Shah said, "Their parties have also received donations through bonds. Is that extortion as well? Rahul Gandhi must tell the people, yes, we have also extorted. And the donation they have received in proportion to the number of MPs is more than what we got. They don't have an issue, there is no allegation of corruption against us. So they are trying to create confusion. They won't be successful."
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