Electoral bonds world’s biggest extortion scheme: Rahul Gandhi

Ghaziabad: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday dubbed the electoral bonds as the "world's biggest extortion scheme" and alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the "champion of corruption".

Addressing a joint press conference with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav here, the former Congress chief also said that there is a strong undercurrent in favour of the opposition INDIA bloc and the BJP will be limited to 150 seats in the Lok Sabha polls.

"This election is an ideological one. On the one hand, there is the RSS and the BJP who are trying to end the Constitution and the democratic system of the country and on the other hand is the INDIA bloc which is protecting and defending the Constitution and the democratic system," Gandhi said at the presser flanked by Yadav, Congress general secretaries Jairam Ramesh and Avinash Pande, Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Rai and other SP leaders.

Gandhi said there are a few big issues in the Lok Sabha polls, such as unemployment and price rise, but the BJP is engaged in diverting attention from them. "Sometimes the PM goes under water in the ocean and sometimes he is on a seaplane but does not talk about issues," he alleged.