PM Modi's recent interview a flop show, BJP won't cross 150 seats: Rahul Gandhi

Ahead of the 18th Lok Sabha polls, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a joint press conference with INDIA bloc partner, Samajwadi Party's Akhilesh Yadav, launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi by calling the BJP's leader's recent interview 'scripted and flop show.'

"A few days ago, the Prime Minister gave a very long interview to ANI. It was scripted, but it was a flop show. The Prime Minister tried to explain electoral bonds in it. The Prime Minister says that the system of electoral bonds was brought for transparency, to clean politics," said Rahul Gandhi.

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Commenting on the PM's comment on electoral bonds bringing transparency in the system, Rahul Gandi questioned the reason for which that system was cancelled by the apex court. "And secondly, if you wanted to bring transparency then why did you hide the names of those who gave money to BJP. And why did you hide the dates on which they gave you the money?... This is the biggest extortion scheme in the world. All the businessmen of India understand and know this and no matter how much clarification the Prime Minister wants to give, it will not make any difference. Because the entire country knows that the Prime Minister is the champion of corruption," said Rahul Gandhi.

'BJP won't cross 150 seats'
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in a joint press conference claimed that BJP will not be able to cross the 150-seat mark in the upcoming electoral battle.

"I do not do prediction of seats. 15-20 days ago I was thinking BJP would win around 180 seats but now I think they will get 150 seats. We are getting reports from every state that we are improving. We have a very strong alliance in Uttar Pradesh and we will perform very well..." stated Rahul Gandhi.

'This election is an election of ideology'
Rahul Gandhi, who is fielded by Congress for the Wayanad seat asserted that 'this election is an election of ideology.'c
"RSS and BJP are trying to destroy the Constitution and the democratic system, and on the other hand, the INDIA alliance and Congress Party are trying to defend and protect the Constitution and democracy. There are 2-3 big issues in the elections. Unemployment is the biggest and inflation is the second biggest but BJP is engaged in creating distractions...Neither the Prime Minister nor the BJP talks about the issues," said Rahul Gandhi.

The SP and the Congress are fighting the Lok Sabha polls in alliance in Uttar Pradesh. The Congress is fighting on 17 seats while the SP and some other allies are contesting the remaining 63 seats in the politically crucial Uttar Pradesh, which sends 80 members to the Lok Sabha.

The voting for the General Elections will begin on April 19 and the counting of votes will be done on June 4, 2024. The term of the 17th Lok Sabha assembly will expire on June 16, 2024. The elections will be held in seven phases. The first phase will be on April 19, second phase on April 26, third phase on May 7, the fourth phase on May 13, fifth phase on May 20, sixth phase on May 25 and the seventh phase on June 1, 2024.

(with agency inputs)