Modi pure as Ganga, Rahul's allegations utterly baseless: BJP

December 21, 2016 18:37

The Bharatiya Janata Party today strongly dismissed as "utterly baseless" and "shameful" Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's allegations that Narendra Modi as Gujarat Chief Minister had taken money from Sahara and Birla groups and said the prime minister is as "pure" as the Ganga.

Hitting back at Gandhi, Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the allegations reflected the Congress leader's frustration and were an attempt to divert attention from the AgustaWestland probe in which the names of Congress leaders and the "family" were coming up.

"The allegations levelled against the prime minister are baseless, false, shameful and mala fide and they reflected Rahul Gandhi's frustration in leading his party to disastrous defeats in state after state," he told a press conference at the BJP headquarters.

Addressing a rally in Mehsana in Gujarat, Gandhi alleged that Modi as Gujarat Chief Minister had taken money from Sahara and Birla groups and demanded an independent inquiry.

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