London: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday observed that the Judiciary, Election Commission and RBI are being "torn apart" under the BJP government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has insulted every Indian by saying no development had happened before 2014. Addressing members of the Indian Overseas Congress here, he said that the Prime Minister insulted every Indian by saying that no development activity happened in the last 70 years.
"India shows the future to the world. The people of India made this possible, and the Congress helped them. If the Prime Minister says nothing had happened before he assumed office, he is not commenting on the Congress, he is insulting every person of the country," Gandhi said.
The Congress president pointed out that at present Dalits, farmers, tribal people, minorities, the poor in India are told that they will not get anything, and "if they raise their voice, they are beaten up". Gandhi noted that the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act has been "destroyed and scholarships have been discontinued".
"Today in India, people are discriminated against on the basis of caste and religion. Marginalised are betrayed, while people like Anil Ambani benefit," he alleged. Attacking the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Government on the multi-billion Rafale deal, Gandhi said that the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) had been manufacturing aircraft for the last 50 years but the contract was given to "someone who floated his company just 19 days before the deal".
"Nobody will get anything. Only Ambani will get everything. This man has accrued a debt of Rs 45,000 crore," the Congress president alleged. Gandhi and the Congress party have been attacking the BJP government for allegedly inking the deal at a much higher price than the one the previous UPA regime had negotiated to benefit Anil Ambani.
Facing allegations of getting undue benefits from the multi-billion dollar Rafale deal, the Ambani-led Reliance Group has sent legal notices to several Congress leaders asking them to "cease and desist" from levelling such charges.