Electoral bonds scheme an extortion racket used for toppling govts, breaking parties: Rahul

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday stepped up his attack on the BJP-led central government as he described the electoral bonds scheme as an extortion racket used for toppling governments and breaking political parties.

 

He was addressing people at Jambhali Naka in Maharashtra’s Thane during his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra before heading to Mumbai.

 

“The electoral bonds scheme is an international-level extortion racket and those who protest, the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Income Tax Department go after them,” he alleged