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Rahul Gandhi is a late entrant to anti-corruption bandwagon : BJP

New Delhi:  Attacking Rahul Gandhi for his push to anti-corruption bills recently, BJP today said he was a "late entrant" in the anti-graft bandwagon and his effort was "not genuine" as he never spoke earlier

She said there were several scams during the UPA government but the Congress Vice President never spoke on it.

"Sau chuhe kha ke billi haj ko chali (after eating 100 rats, a cat goes to pilgrimage)," she said while taking a dig
at Rahul.

Jaitley questioned why Rahul remained silent when scams related to 2G spectrum, coal block allocation, Commonwealth Games, Adarsh Housing Society and VVIP chopper deal took place.

Swaraj and Jaitley termed as "hypothetical" a question whether the party will extend support if the government chooses the Ordinance route on enacting the anti-corruption laws.

"There is no question of supporting or opposing the Ordinances...now there will be no session (of Parliament). If we come to power (at the Centre), we will make changes in the measures," Swaraj said.

Jaitley said the just-concluded Winter Session of Parliament needs to be prorogued before Ordinance can be promulgated.