Accusing it of running “a school of corruption”, the BJP Saturday continued attacking Congress over the Enforcement Directorate’s chargesheet in the National Herald case.
BJP national spokesperson Pratyush Kanth alleged that the Congress had kept the “wheels of corruption” running through “bogus rent agreements, fake advance rent transactions, and fabricated advertisements”.
“These methods make it abundantly clear that for the Congress, corruption is not an exception but a way of life. This strikes at the heart of the values and sacrifices of our freedom-fighters who poured their hearts and souls into envisioning a free, fair, and honest India,” Kanth told reporters.
“The National Herald case stands as a betrayal of that noble vision, showing how a party that took shape to fight colonial rule was hijacked and repurposed for the personal gain of a single dynasty,” he added.
Kanth alleged that the Gandhi family managed to take control of property worth Rs 2,000 crore by paying a paltry Rs 50 lakh, which, in his words, showed “just how deeply entrenched their corrupt mindset” was.
“Today, the party resembles a school of corruption, churning out scam after scam… This isn’t the Gandhi model of development-it’s the Gandhi family model of loot,” he alleged.
Seeking to rebut the Congress’s questions regarding the lack of money trail, Kanth quoted ED findings to the effect that AJL received Rs 38.41 crore as advance rent from various entities “without any legitimate rental basis”.
“Between 2010-11 and 2022-23, AJL received Rs 142 crore in rent income, of which Rs 58.79 crore was paid in advance, again without valid agreements,” he said.