PM Modi financially crippling oppn, no money to buy even train ticket: Sonia, Rahul Gandhi blasts Centre for freezing of Congress' bank accounts
Addressing a press conference at the AICC headquarters here, Gandhi said, "A systematic effort is underway by the Prime Minister to cripple the Indian National Congress financially."
She said, "The finances of the principal opposition party, the INC, are under a determined assault."
The CPP chairperson claimed that the ruling party was forcibly taking away the money from the party's account that was collected from the public.
She said that the issue the party was taking up "is very serious and affects not just the Indian National Congress; it impacts our democracy itself most fundamentally".
She further stressed, "Even under these most challenging circumstances, we are doing our best to maintain the effectiveness of our election campaign.'
Speaking on the issue, Rahul Gandhi said, "With all the bank accounts of our party frozen, in such a situation we cannot campaign, we cannot pay our workers, we cannot leave aside flights, we can't even take a train."
He further said, "Being the main opposition, 20 percent of the country votes for us, and we are not able to pay even Rs 2. Even if our accounts are unfrozen today, it will be difficult as huge damage has already been done to the democracy of India."
Addressing a press conference at the AICC headquarters here, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, who was also addressed by CPP chairperson Sonia Gandhi, former party president Rahul Gandhi, general secretary Jairam Ramesh, and treasurer Ajay Maken, termed the freezing of bank accounts of the country's main opposition as an "attack on democracy".