Throwing a barb at the prime minister, the Congress vice president said he had just one question.
"I have just one question. Mr Prime Minister, what you say must carry weight.
"From what the people of India and I remember, our PM had said, which I would like to reiterate, 'na khaoonga, na khane doonga' (will not engage in corruption myself, nor allow others). Why are you allowing corruption in Rajasthan? What are you doing to bring back Lalit Modi? Why are you not acting against Shivraj Singh Chouhan," he said in brief remarks here.
"Of course," Rahul said when asked whether the beleaguered MP Chief Minister should quit in the wake of the Supreme Court ordering a CBI inquiry into the Vyapam scam.
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Rahul's jibe invited sharp retort from BJP which reminded him of his "silence" over scams exposed during the UPA dispensation and said unlike Congress its government had gone for a CBI probe.
"Unlike Congress and Rahul Gandhi, we are not hushing up corruption cases and nor are we searching for ways to escape from courts' scrutiny. BJP leaders have gone to the High Court and Supreme Court, seeking a CBI probe. When Congress was indulging in scams, then Gandhi was silent," said BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain.
It is also seeking resignation of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh in the wake of a "rice scam" in which Rs 36,000 crore are alleged to have been misappropriated.