Congress today hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi claiming that 'Make in India' for him meant "cooking stories" against opposition and "baseless" allegations were being levelled against the party to divert people's attention from "his embarrassing economic failures".


"From National Herald to AgustaWestland and Ishrat Jahan fake encounter, the BJP has proven itself capable of making baseless accusations, but incapable of substantiating any of their claims," the party said. In a strongly worded commentary posted on its website, the AICC said "if indeed there is any proof of wrongdoing, then is the Modi Government so impotent that they cannot prosecute the guilty" and added that "there is a difference between a strong PM who lets his work do the talking, and a PM so busy talking that he forgets his work".


The attack came as Congress and BJP were engaged in a political slugfest over charges that Robert Vadra may have bought a benami property in London with his mother-in-law and Congress President Sonia Gandhi claiming that everyday false allegations were made as part of a conspiracy of Modi government to make the country "Congress-free". Vadra's legal firm has denied the allegations against him.