Dynamite News Rahul Gandhi seeks answers from PM Modi on tainted candidates
"Dear Modi ji, You talk a lot. Problem is, your actions don't match your words. Here's a primer on your candidate selection in Karnataka," he said in the tweet.
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi today demanded answers from Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the BJP giving tickets to those allegedly involved in corruption, including its chief ministerial candidate B S Yeddyurappa.
With only a week left for the Karnataka elections, the Congress president put out a video titled "Karnataka's Most Wanted" on his Twitter account to highlight the issue.
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The video had photographs of Modi and other BJP leaders with the party's election candidates, including former ministers who have cases of corruption registered against them.
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"Dear Modi ji, You talk a lot. Problem is, your actions don't match your words. Here's a primer on your candidate selection in Karnataka," he said in the tweet.
Dear Modi ji,
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) May 5, 2018
You talk a lot. Problem is, your actions don’t match your words. Here's a primer on your candidate selection in Karnataka.
It plays like an episode of "Karnataka's Most Wanted". #AnswerMaadiModi pic.twitter.com/G97AjBQUgO
The reference is to Modi's earlier remarks that Gandhi cannot speak for even five minutes without referring to notes.
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This was Modi's response to the Congress chief's challenge to face him in Parliament when he alleged that the prime minister cannot stand for 5 minutes in Parliament if he allowed to speak for 15 minutes.
The Karnataka Assembly elections are slated for May 12 and results will be out on May 15. (PTI)