Congress leader Rahul Gandhi launched a blistering attack on AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday, saying the former chief minister came talking about bringing in clean politics but the biggest "liquor scam" took place in Delhi under his watch.
Addressing a public rally in Patparganj here for the upcoming assembly polls, Gandhi also took a swipe at former deputy chief minister and AAP leader Manish Sisodia, calling him, along with Kejriwal, the "architect of the liquor scam".
Gandhi urged people to vote for the Congress candidate Anil Chaudhary as Sisodia had "run away" from the Patparganj constituency after indulging in corruption.
He said Kejriwal started off with a promise of bringing in a new kind of politics but he now lives in a "sheesh mahal".
Gandhi said the AAP chief was nowhere to be found when the poor needed him the most and when there was violence in Delhi, an apparent reference to the February 2020 riots.
The Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha also launched a stinging attack on the BJP, saying they talked about '400 paar' to change the Constitution.
A battle of ideology is going on and on one hand, there are the BJP-RSS people who spread hatred and on the other hand is the Congress and its ideology, he said.
"RSS-BJP makes brothers, people of different castes and religions fight against each other. Then there is (former Delhi CM Arvind) Kejriwal, who had a small car when he came and declared that he would indulge in a new kind of politics. He had climbed an electric poll and promised to transform Delhi," the former Congress chief said.
He alleged the BJP wants an India that is run by billionaires while the Constitution talks about equality.
The BJP wants to hand over the country's resources to one billionaire and make people fight on religious and caste lines, Gandhi said, adding the ruling party's intention is to take the money from the hands of common people and hand it over to billionaires.
He said one would not find Dalits, tribals and backwards among the owners of the 500 biggest companies in India.
He also highlighted that there is hardly any participation of Dalits, backwards and tribals in deciding the allocation of funds in the budget as there is sparse representation of these communities in important sectors.
Gandhi questioned Modi's silence on the Congress' demand for the caste census and reiterated that the Congress will ensure a nationwide caste census wherever the party's government comes into power.
Gandhi also reiterated that Congress would "throw out" the 50 per cent cap on reservation.
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