"Shehzada's X-Ray Machine Will Scan For Mangalsutras": PM Modi Jabs Rahul Gandhi

The Prime Minister criticized the INDIA bloc for prioritizing the vote bank over the nation's welfare.

Upping the ante against the Congress on the 'inheritance tax' issue, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched another scathing attack on the grand old party, saying it was former PM Rajiv Gandhi who abolished the inheritance law "to save their own interests" after the demise of his mother Indira Gandhi. Aonla, Uttar Pradesh: PM Narendra Modi says, "When the SP Shahzade was in power, curfew was imposed here. Mothers and sisters used to go out hiding the mangalsutra and the Congress Shahzade is now announcing to snatch the mangalsutra by applying X-ray machine..." pic.twitter.com/1IIII1CuYc

Addressing a series of election rallies in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, PM Modi said that he wanted to share an "interesting fact" with the country.

"When Mrs. Indira Gandhi passed away, her property was supposed to go to her children. Had the previous law been in place, the government would have taken a portion of it. At that time, there was a talk that to save the property, her son and then Prime Minister (Rajiv Gandhi) simply abolished the inheritance law. When it came to their own interests, they removed the law," said Prime Minister Modi.