Rahul Gandhi said his rejection from the Lok Sabha will help the Congress as it has given the party new ammunition. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said he was voted out of the Lok Sabha because Prime Minister Narendra Modi was "afraid of my upcoming Adani speech". Gandhi also said that his removal would help the party because it would give new ammunition to the Congress. Gandhi stated that he will continue to question who invested ₹20,000 in the Adani group through shell companies and what is the prime minister's (Gautam) relationship with Adani. A day after he was disqualified from the Lok Sabha for his conviction in the Surat District Court, Gandhi said in a press conference, “Understand that I have been disqualified because the prime minister is afraid of my upcoming Adani speech. They don't want my speech. There is a deep relationship between Adani and Modi. Gandhi was acquitted on Friday after a Surat court convicted him and sentenced him to two years in jail for criminal defamation. He was later removed by law and a Supreme Court order in 2013. Gandhi told opposition leaders who expressed support: "We will work together. He also argued that the rejection would help the Congress, even as the BJP stepped up its attack, accusing it of insulting the OBCs. "It is a panic reaction. It is helping us. It has given us new ammunition. People are now asking why the Prime Minister is protecting this corrupt Adani? BJP cannot stop him," Gandhi said. "I don't have that history. I will continue to fight for Indian democracy." The Congress leader also claimed that the Lok Sabha Speaker, while meeting him, expressed his inability to seek time to respond to the allegations made by the four ministers in the House. "I gave documents about defense industry, (changes in rules) airports, statements made in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Immediately after that BJP started working. I wrote to the speaker with detailed explanation and documents. After that BJP ministers lied about it. me in the parliament The whole game was to divert attention from the reality of the problem - whose money went to the Adani group?'' Gandhi said. In a scathing attack on the BJP, the Congress leader said, "BJP's job is to spread lies. They (BJP leaders) are afraid of Modi. They know about Modi and Adani. Denying the BJP's allegation of western interference, he claimed, "I said there that this is India's problem and India has to solve it. I told the speaker that you are the defender of democracy. Let me speak. He said he couldn't do that and asked me out." Gandhi declared that it was his practice to speak the truth, although "it is not fashionable in politics". The Congress leader said that he would write a letter to the people of Wayanad, which he represented, rejecting him as they were like his family.
