Gandhi, who was addressing the meeting in support of the party candidate from Jhunjhunu Rajbala Ola, targeted Modi and BJP over snoopgate in Gujarat and the party's call for women empowerment.
"I saw a BJP poster which said they wanted to empower women. There are talks of Gujarat model. People say there is a lot of progress in Gujarat. But in Gujarat, policemen are sent behind women, women's phones are tapped by policemen.
"Their workers beat women in Karnataka in the name of moral policing, their MLAs watch porn on mobile phone in Chhattisgarh Assembly, their leader went to jail on rape charges. They oppose women reservation bill in Parliament. How can they talk about women empowerment?" he asked.
Gandhi said that BJP's "balloon" got burst in 2004 and 2009 elections due to "stones thrown by farmers" and this time again the party has brought a balloon, "filled with Gujarat Model. But the important question is that what they did for weaker and poor people?" he questioned.
Gandhi said that Congress has taken several decisions in the interest of farmers and empowered them along with women. "Loans worth Rs 70,000 crore were waived by UPA government. Doors of banks were opened for farmers and women, and several other works for their empowerment were undertaken by the government," he said.
