In New Delhi, Sonia Gandhi, the former leader of the Congress Party, launched a vehement critique on Thursday aimed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of orchestrating deliberate efforts to financially cripple the longstanding political entity in anticipation of the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections of 2024.
Gandhi underscored the gravity of the situation surrounding the freezing of accounts, emphasizing its ramifications not only for the Congress Party but for the broader democratic framework. She decried the forceful extraction of funds from these accounts, characterizing it as a targeted assault by the political opposition.
Furthermore, Gandhi lamented the dual challenges faced by the party, citing the encumbrance posed by electoral bonds alongside the financial onslaught against the principal opposition entity.
Expounding on the predicament of the Congress Party’s frozen bank accounts, Rahul Gandhi, a prominent Member of Parliament, bemoaned the debilitating impact on their campaign endeavors. He squarely attributed responsibility to the Modi-led administration, decrying the impairment of their electoral capabilities as a criminal transgression orchestrated by the Prime Minister and the Minister of Home Affairs. Rahul Gandhi characterized the situation not merely as a freeze on the party’s financial assets but as a systemic assault on the democratic fabric of India.
In alignment with the sentiments expressed by the Gandhis, Mallikarjun Kharge, the leader of the party, underscored the imperative of ensuring equitable electoral processes. Kharge decried the monopolization of resources by those in power, asserting that the accumulation of funds via electoral bonds coupled with the freezing of the Congress Party’s accounts served to erect insurmountable barriers to their participation in the electoral arena.
