Modi personifies corruption: Rahul

​New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi launched a stinging attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday following the resignation of Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa ahead of the trust vote in the Assembly, stating that "PM is corruption" and there is no institution "worthy of respect of the Prime Minister, Amit Shah and the RSS".

Gandhi, who addressed the media here shortly after Yeddyurappa announced his resignation, as the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) could not muster the numbers in the Assembly, said the Congress will work with other Opposition parties to defeat the BJP. 

He accused Modi of promoting corruption in Karnataka to gain support for the BJP, which emerged the single-largest party amid split verdict thrown up by the May 12 assembly election. Gandhi referred to attempts of horse-trading, including purported telephonic conversations of some BJP leaders to get support of the MLAs of Congress and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S), who have formed a post-poll coalition to form the government. 

Gandhi said people saw "how the Prime Minister authorised directly for buying MLAs in Karnataka from our party and from the JD-S" and added that Modi's talks of fighting corruption are a "blatant lie".

"He is corruption. He is doing everything to subvert this nation and he is doing it across the board. There are phone conversations of MLAs being approached for purchase by the BJP and that was directly authorised from Delhi," he said.

The Congress leader said he is "very proud that the opposition has stood together and defeated the BJP and we will continue to do so".