India
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Kanyakumari, Sep 07: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who kick-started ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ from Kanyakumari on Wednesday, slammed the BJP of misusing the institutions like CBI and ED to “frighten the opposition.”
“They (BJP) think they can frighten the opposition using CBI, ED and IT. The problem is they don’t understand Indian people. Indian people don’t get scared. Not a single opposition leader is going to be scared of the BJP,” Gandhi said.
Targeting the ruling government for favouring a few businessmen, Rahul said, “Today India is facing its worst economic crisis. A handful of large businesses control the entire country today. Earlier there was East India Company which controlled India and today there are 3-4 big companies which control the entire India.”
The Congress launched its much-touted 3,570-km ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ on Wednesday at a mega rally as it seeks to flag problems of economic disparities, social polarisation and political centralisation, while also attempting to make gains in what it often describes as the battle of ideologies.
Story first published: Wednesday, September 7, 2022, 19:04 [IST]