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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Abhinay Deshpande

Electoral bonds scheme was world’s biggest extortion racket run by PM Modi: Rahul Gandhi

In a blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the electoral bonds scheme, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused Mr. Modi of “running the world’s largest extortion racket”.

He alleged that the funds amassed through the now scrapped scheme were used to split political parties like the Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party in Maharashtra, and to topple Opposition governments.

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