Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi has been making broad allegations of corruption against Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. He addressed a press conference on Wednesday and threatened to expose the Prime Minister and burst his “balloon.” A section of the electronic media have dared Rahul Gandhi to spill it all and not wait to make those disclosures only in parliament and that after setting conditions. Some media anchor have even accused the Nehru-Gandhi scion of practising shoot and scoot politics, meaning, in short that Rahul Gandhi would make allegations that cannot be substantiated. It is difficult to guess what damning evidence Rahul Gandhi has against the Prime Minister other than the allegations already lying with the Supreme Court and filed by Prashant Bhushan in November this year. Bhushan had stated to the court that he had valid documents to prove that Prime Minister Modi had received bribes from theSahara Group and Aditya Birla Group company during his tenure as the Gujarat chief minister. However, the documents also claimed to have made similar payments to the Congress Party as well in 2012 and 2013-14. The documents were sent to Bhushan’s NGO, Common Cause anonymously.
The Supreme Court while hearing Bhushan’s petition on Wednesday told him to bring clinching evidence to back its charges of corruption against the Prime Minister who was, at that point of time the Gujarat Chief Minister. The contention of the apex court is that they are dealing with a very high functionary of the country. If this is the same case that Rahul Gandhi is about to disclose then not only is the matter sub-judice but it also appears prima facie that there is not enough evidence to nail down Narendra Modi. But taking on Modi on this particular case would also mean that the Congress would have to reckon with its own partymen/women such as Sheila Dikshit who are also implicated in the documents in the possession of Common Cause.
Rahul Gandhi had better have solid evidence of the Prime Minister’s malfeasance else he will be letting down the nation, the Congress Party and himself.
