Daijiworld Media Network New Delhi (SR)

New Delhi, Aug 27: BJP hit back at Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday over his allegation that the Union government is stealing money from the RBI.

As reported in TOI, BJP national spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao said ''stealing is the Congress leader's expertise and his party has become synonymous with corruption. Rahul Gandhi is obsessed with stealing. That is where his expertise lies and this was visible during the tenure of the Congress-led UPA government. Therefore many Congress leaders are mired in corruption scandals and the Congress has become synonymous with corruption."

"If there is anyone who is clueless about anything it is Rahul Gandhi. He is simply clueless about why his party ended up in a disaster despite lies having been circulated all around... His 'Gyan' (knowledge) about physics, economics has really landed his party in a great mess. The country's economy is very safe in the hands of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership. We are today one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. The government has announced a package for sectors which have experienced some difficulty in the recent months," Rao added.

Rao said  "Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government is known for integrity and working only for public interest, the government has decided to infuse Rs 70,000 crore in banks to ease liquidity crisis "which is a legacy of Congress government profligacy. Transfer of funds from the RBI will serve national purpose. Therefore Rahul Gandhi's comments are both immature and shows his distorted understanding of  economy.

Earlier in the day, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had said, that the Prime Minister and the finance minister are "clueless" about solving the "self created economic disaster" and accused them of "stealing money" from the central bank after RBI on Monday approved the transfer of record Rs 1.76 lakh crore dividend and surplus reserves to the government.