'Crying, he said 'can't fight Shakti'': Rahul Gandhi on 'senior leader' who quit

Addressing the INDIA bloc's rally in Mumbai on Sunday after the conclusion of Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, Rahul Gandhi said Prime Minister Narendra Modi won’t be able to win the Lok Sabha elections without “EVMs, ED, CBI and Income Tax”. Gandhi also claimed that a leader from Maharashtra cried in front of his mother, Sonia Gandhi, saying he felt ashamed that he could not "fight this power any more and didn’t want to go to jail".

“Our fight against Modi is not on a personal level. Modi is a ‘mask’ who works for a ‘shakti’ (power). He is a shallow man who doesn’t have a 56-inch chest,” Gandhi said.

“We asked the Election Commission of India to count the VVPAT (Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail) also. But our demand hasn't been accepted,” he said.

“Do you think the Shiv Sena and NCP people split and joined the ruling alliance just like that,” he asked.

The former Congress president alleged that PM Modi had a “monopoly over corruption”.