No democracy in India today, alleges Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday lashed out at the Centre and asserted that there is no democracy in India today alleging that the idea that India is a democracy is a lieThe Congress MP asserted that by blocking the accounts of the largest opposition party the BJP had caused great damage to Indian democracyThis is a criminal action on the Congress party a criminal action done by the Prime Minister and the Home Minister So the idea that India is a democracy is a lie There is no democracy in India today The idea that India is the worlds largest democracy is a lie A complete lie he said20 per cent of India votes for us and we are not able to pay Rs 2 for anything It has been orchestrated to cripple us in the elections Even if our bank accounts are unfrozen today huge amount of debt damage has been done to Indian democracy he addedAddressing a press conference in Delhi Rahul Gandhi claimed that all Congress bank accounts have been frozen the party can do no campaign work cannot support party workers and cannot support party candidatesAll our bank accounts have been frozen We can do no campaign work we cannot support our workers we cannot support our candidates This has been done two months before the election campaign One notice comes from the 90s another from 67 years back Quantum amount is Rs 14 lakhs and punishment our entire financial identity All the institutions are quiet and the Election Commission has not even said anything he addedHe further said that the party has already lost a month fighting the IT case and its ability to fight elections has been damagedThis is not freezing of Congress partys bank accounts this is the freezing of Indian democracy As the biggest opposition party we are unable to take any action we cant book advertisements or send our leaders anywhere This is an assault on democracy he addedRahul Gandhi said that there is an Election Commission in the country but it has not even said anythingWhats interesting to me is that there are institutions in this country that are supposed to protect the democratic framework There is an Election Commission in the country but it has not even said anything that you have frozen the bank accounts of one of the biggest political parties and largest opposition in the country he addedEarlier on March 8 the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal ITAT dismissed the plea moved by the Congress Party which sought a stay against Income Tax Department proceedings of recovery and freezing of their Bank accounts and said the Stay Application is without meritSoon after the press conference the former Congress leader reiterated on his Shakti remark saying We are fighting against hatredfilled AsurashaktiThe news conference held at the party headquarters on Friday saw the party fielding its big guns Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and former Presidents Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi who trained their guns on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party over the freezing of the partys bank accountsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever