BJP chief Amit Shah targets Rahul Gandhi

On Friday Amit Shah the BJP chief had targeted the Congress president Rahul Gandhi for raising the issue of bank loans and non-performing assets (NPA) during his poll rallies, he said that it was a result of the misdeeds which were committed by the previous Congress-led government.

While addressing an election rally in the city of Kuchaman located in Nagaur district Amit Shah said, "The loans given through corrupt practices during the Congress government have turned into NPA. These are not loans given by the Narendra Modi government. These are the results of the misdeeds of the Congress government.”

Shah alleged that Nehru the son-in-law of the Gandhi family had received commissions on a loan of thousands of crores of rupees which was sanctioned to a big company. "A company got a loan of thousands of crores and its commission reached the Nehru family's son-in-law within a few months, with which he bought 150 hectares of land in Bikaner at a throwaway price. I want to ask Rahul Gandhi if he can answer now," he said.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief also said that the fugitive jeweller Nirav Modi and the liquor baron Vijay Mallya who were given loans during the previous Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. "They did not fly away abroad (during the Congress rule) as they had no fear of the Congress. They believed that they had a partnership. Those who are being guarded, why will they run away? After the Modi government came to power, they had a fear of being jailed," he said.

Shah added that the BJP government would work towards getting each penny held by the fugitives back to the country.