Rahul Gandhi went trained his guns at Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his first presser after being disqualified as an MP said the reason behind his expulsion was that Prime Minister Modi was scared of his next speech on Adani and that this was all a ploy to create a distraction for the matter.
“The Prime Minister is scared of my next speech on Adani, and I have seen it in his eyes. That is why, first the distraction and then the disqualification,” he said.
Accusing the Centre of trying to defence the Prime Minister in connection with the Adani row, he said, “This is the whole drama that is been orchestrated to defend the Prime Minister from the simple question – Who’s Rs 20,000 crore went to Adani’s shell companies? I am not scared of these threats, disqualifications or prison sentences.”