Sonia Gandhi slams BJP for ‘politics of revenge’

The main Opposition Congress will sharpen its attack on the Modi government and the BJP after realising that their politics of vendetta is reviving the fighting spirit of the party workers. This line was clearly spelt out by Mrs Sonia Gandhi and Mr Rahul Gandhi after they got bail in the National Herald case by a local court on Saturday.

The Gandhis hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing him of levelling “false allegations” against them and making “full use” of government agencies to “deliberately target” the Opposition. Sonia and Rahul, who came straight to the AICC headquarters from the court, asserted that they will continue to fight and “not bow down”. “Today we had appeared before the court with a clean conscience. We did what any law-abiding citizen should do. The laws of the nation applies to everyone without any discrimination. I have no doubt that the truth will come out,” Mrs Sonia Gandhi said.

Coming down heavily on the Modi government, Mrs Gandhi “The present government is deliberately targeting the Opposition and making full use of the state agencies to do so. Nobody is going to be scared from it. We will continue our fight.”

Making a direct attack on the Prime Minister, Mr Rahul Gandhi said, “Modiji levels false allegations and thinks that the Opposition will bow down, I and Congress party will not succumb.” He said the Congress would continue to fight for poor people, weaker sections and play a role of Opposition. India will never be free from the Congress even though Mr Modi talks of “Congress mukt Bharat”.

Referring to the case filed by the BJP leader Subramanian Swamy, Mrs Sonia Gandhi said that she was totally aware of the intention of the people behind the case. “These people have been trying for long to target us. They will not succeed,” she asserted. Asserting that Congress will continue to fight for the poor, Rahul said, “We will not budge an inch.”

Former PM Manmo-han Singh said that the Congress is united in support of Sonia and Rahul. “We will fight. We will give a determined fight,” he said asserting that the Congress was a party that stood for certain values and it will not compromise on them. He added that the Congress is united in support of Sonia and Rahul. “We will fight. We will give a determined fight,” he said asserting that Congress was a party that stood for certain values and it will not compromise on them. Before making statements in front of the media the Gandhis met the party MPs, senior AICC officials and the frontal organisations chiefs gathered at the AICC headquarters. They told the MPs to counter the BJP and the Modi government’s campaign against the Congress in their constituencies.

Meanwhile, Mr Robert Vadra expressed confidence that truth will prevail in the National Herald case in which his mother-in-law Sonia Gandhi and brother-in-law Rahul Gandhi are accused and said the “desperate malicious at-tempts of defamation” will not be believed.

“My full support to my mother-in-law and brother-in-law. Politics of vendetta and desperate malicious attempts of defamation will not be believed. Truth shall prevail,” Vadra said in his Facebook post. His comment came just before the appearance of Sonia and Rahul before a court here in connection with the National Herald case.