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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday responded to and dared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold a probe by the CBI or ED into whether businessmen Adani and Ambani sent his party "money in a tempo". His remark came after PM Modi, earlier in the day, questioned the Congress' sudden silence on Adani and Ambani and asked them on having received money from the industrialists.

Addressing a public meeting here today, PM Modi said that for years the Congress' 'Shehzada' used to speak of ‘5 industrialists’ and then he started to speak only of "Ambani and Adani" and now they are silent on them. "However, since the election dates were declared, they (Rahul and other Congress leaders) have even stopped abusing Ambani, Adani. Why? I wish to ask the Shehzadey of the Congress: how much black money have they received from Adani, Ambani? How much (funding) did the Congress receive from them for the (ongoing) elections? I smell something wrong here. The Congress should come out and clarify to the people," PM Modi said.

Rahul Gandhi's Reply To PM Modi

Hours after PM Modi's remark, Rahul Gandhi posted a video from his X handle and asked whether Modi was speaking from his "personal experience" about money being sent by businessmen.

"The money that PM Modi has given to the two businessmen, the Congress party will give the same amount of money to the people of India through the various schemes that the party has promised," Gandhi said.

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"The country knows who is the driver and helper of the BJP's tempo of corruption," he said in a post in Hindi on X.

He further questioned if PM Modi was scared as he normally "talk about Adani and Ambani in closed doors", but for the first time he spoke about Adani and Ambani in public.

"You also know that they give money in a tempo. Is it your personal experience? Do one thing - send the CBI, ED to them and carry out a thorough investigation and don't be scared," Gandhi said.

Notably, Congress has always accused the prime minister of favouring the top five industrialists in the country, including Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani while addressing rallies.