Rahul repeats political vendetta charge against Modi govt

The bond between the two parties was seen inside Parliament, where TMC members joined hands with Congress lawmakers in targeting the government over the National Herald case, and outside when Mamata visited Sonia’s official residence, 10 Janpath, to extend wishes on her birthday. “May the Almighty bless you with good health, happiness and many more years of dedicated service to the nation”, Mr. Mukherjee said in his message.

The government needs Congress support to pass key legislations in the Parliament, as part of its reforms agenda.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that democracy “cannot be restricted to elections and government only” and everyone must feel that he or she is working for the country’s progress.

Denying the Congress charge of political vendetta, he said calling it so was tantamount to a charge against courts.

“The answer to the Congress leadership landing up in a “chakravyuh” is to fight their battle legally and not disrupt parliament”. Modi has moved to weaken the legacy of the Gandhi dynasty since dislodging them from power previous year.

The two houses faced repeated disruptions, and were eventually adjourned for the day, as Congress members protested “political vendetta”.

The illustrious legal team of the Congress should help the party contest the allegations in the court of law and prove the petitioner wrong. Detractors, including Mr Modi, accuse the family of retarding economic development with socialist policies.

BJP leader Swamy has alleged Gandhis illegally acquired property worth crores of rupees belonging to the National Herald newspaper.

“There are different rules for the ruling and opposition party”, he said in Parliament.

Jaitley told reporters that the case was a matter of serious corruption as “funds collected for political purposes are being used for commercial activity”, adding that the government “doesn’t come into the picture” as it was a private complaint. “Anybody who tries to create hurdles in passing that GST will be doing great damage to this country”.

Senior advocates and party leaders Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Kapil Sibal on Wednesday evening briefed the Congress MPs of both the Houses for an hour about the case in the Parliament House Annexe, assuring them not to be anxious as there is “zero criminality” involved in the case since there has been “no cheating” as alleged by Dr Swamy because he has not shown who has been cheated.