The BJP fired a new shot at the Congress before the Lok Sabha elections by releasing the "first episode of Congress Files," which "exposes" a number of corruption instances that occurred during the two terms of the UPA while Manmohan Singh served as the nation's prime minister.
In the video message on its Twitter handle titled “Congress means corruption”, BJP stated, “Congress has looted £482 billion from the public in 70 years of its rule. That money could have been utilised for so many useful areas of security and development.”
“This much money might have been used to build or buy 24 INS Vikrants, 300 Rafale fighters, and 1,000 Mangal Missions. Yet, the country must pay for Congress' corruption, and as a result, it has lagged behind in the quest for advancement”, the video message continued.
“Keeping the whole 70 years aside, if we only look at the last tenure of 2004-14, it was a ‘Lost Decade’. The government was led by Manmohan Singh, who turned a blind eye to all the corruption that kept on happening under his rule. In those days, papers were filed with the news of corruption, looking at which the heads of every Indian would hang in shame,” it further added.
“Coal scam of £18.6 billion, 2G Spectrum scam of £17.6 billion, MNREGA scam of £100 billion, Commonwealth scam of £7 billion,” it further added.