New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: On the 135th Congress Foundation Day, Rahul Gandhi made a scathing attack at the government over the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the Nation Register of Citizens. Terming the two exercises as 'demonetisation 2.0', he said that they will be more disastrous than the note ban in November 2016.
"This will be more disastrous for the people then demonetisation. This will have twice the impact of demonetisation," Gandhi told reporters at Congress' headquarters while adding that the exercises are an attempt by the government to divert people's attention from real issues.
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"His (Prime Minister Narendra Modi) 15 friends will not have to show any document and the money generated will go into the pockets if those 15 people," he said in an referrence to his allegation that the government was working for the benefit of '15 crony capitalists'.
He also said that PM Modi lied on the existence of detention centres in the country, despite the BJP asserting that the Congress leader's statement was a lie.
"Have you seen my tweet and the pictures of detention centres. And did you hear the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech? Did you find the video of detention centre?," he said.
Rahul on Thursday had tweeted a video which features a road purportedly leading to a detention centre in Assam and PM Modi's speech denying the existence of such camps in India.
"The Prime Minister of RSS lies to Bharat Mata," Rahul had captioned the video. He had also added the hashtag #JhootJhootJhoot (Lies, Lies, Lies).
The BJP, however, was quick to attack Gandhi and accused him of speaking lies. "Today, Rahul Gandhi has tweeted something and the kind of language he has used is very objectionable. He has said that the Prime Minister of the RSS lies to Bharat Mata. I think it is wrong to expect decency and good language from Rahul Gandhi," said BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra.
"Rahul Gandhi is Joothon ka Sardar. The three detention centres (which Rahul Gandhi mentioned) were set up in Assam by his party which was in power both at the centre and the state," he added.
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