rahul targets Mamata for 'not fighting Bjp directly'
Hooghly, April 26 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that the Narendra Modi government has filed several cases against him but not against Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, claiming this is because she does not "directly" fight the BJP.
Stating that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) questioned him for 55 hours over five consecutive days, the Congress leader asked, "For how many hours was Mamata Banerjee interrogated?" The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha said that there is no probe by the ED or the CBI against the West Bengal chief minister.
"This is because she does not fight the BJP directly," Gandhi said, while addressing a poll rally at Serampore in Hooghly district for the second phase of West Bengal assembly elections.
There is no immediate response from the TMC in this regard.
Noting that he is out on bail at present, Gandhi said, "My house was taken away, my Lok Sabha membership was taken away; there are 36 cases against me."
Gandhi said that he has to travel to various states like Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Bihar every 10-15 days to fight the cases registered against him.
"I want to ask how many cases have been registered against Mamata Banerjee by Narendra Modi?" he said....
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