Panaji: Mounting a blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the demonetisation drive launched by him was "firebombing of 99 per cent honest people" and not a "surgical strike".
The Congress vice president, however, did not speak about "personal corruption of the PM" he had threatened to reveal recently..
"Narendra Modi got up on November 8 and announced that the money which is in your pocket has now turned into mere paper. This not a surgical strike on black money but it is firebombing of the 99 per cent of honest people of India," Rahul said addressing a rally at Fatorda near here.
"The impact of firebombing was far worse than the atom bomb. Narendra Modi has done similar firebombing through demonetisation and burnt entire India," he said.
"If you look at the entire projection of black money, only six per cent is in cash while 94 per cent is in real estate, gold or (is) parked outside country. Modiji knows this very well," he said.
Rahul recalled Modi did not speak about "cash in country" in the run up to the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, but had promised to bring back black money stashed abroad and deposit Rs 15 lakh in the bank account of each citizen.
"How many people have got Rs 15 lakh in their bank account? How many people Modi has jailed for holding black money?" he asked, alleging the PM allowed people like Lalit Modi and Vijay Mallya to escape from India."
The Congress leader said the Switzerland government has already given the list of Indians holding bank accounts in that country to the central government.
"But Modi has refused to table the list on the floor of the House till now. Put it before the House. Why have you not done it in the last two-and-half years?," he asked.
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