Rahul reminds PM of Na Khaoonga, Na Khaane Doonga remark

New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday fired yet another salvo at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his "silence" on the multi-crore PNB bank fraud, asking where the "country's watchman" was when jeweller Nirav Modi fled the country like liquor baron Vijay Mallya.

Rahul Gandhi took the swipe at the Prime Minister for his refrain during poll rallies that he would act as a watchman for the country, and cited his "na khaoonga, na khaane doonga" (will neither do nor allow anyone to do corruption) statement.

Taking to Twitter, the Congress chief said the entire country was keen to know the "secret behind his silence" and alleged that it screams out loudly where his loyalties were. "First Lalit (Modi) and then (Vijay) Mallya, now Nirav (Modi) also eloped. Where is the country's watchman who claimed 'Na khaoonga, na khaane doonga' (Will neither do nor allow anyone to do corruption)?

"The public is longing to know the reason of 'Saheb's' silence. His silence screams out loud who is he loyal to?" he asked in a tweet in Hindi. The Congress president also used the hashtag "ModiRobsIndia" along with his tweet, to target the Prime Minister.

Rahul Gandhi has been targeting the Prime Minister and his government over the multi-crore bank scam and has accused him of not taking any action despite being in the know of everything. The Congress has accused the Modi government of helping businessmen fleeing the country after looting public money. 

“This Rs 22,000-crore scam cannot have been done without a high-level protection. It must have been known by the people in the government beforehand otherwise it is not possible. PM will have to come forward and answer questions,” Rahul Gandhi had said earlier.

He also refuted the BJP’s charge that he had personal ties with Nirav Modi. Accusing the government of “trying to divert the issue,” Rahul Gandhi said, “The Prime Minister through his actions has destroyed the financial system of this country. He has taken money from people’s pockets and put it into the banking sector. And now his friends and cronies are stealing it from the banking sector.”