Ghaziabad: Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav slammed BJP over electoral bonds and other various issues in the joint press conference of INDIA bloc held in Ghaziabad on Wednesday. On the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi says "I do not do prediction of seats. 15-20 days ago I was thinking BJP would win around 180 seats but now I think they will get 150 seats. We are getting reports from every state that we are improving. We have a very strong alliance in Uttar Pradesh and we will perform very well..." When asked whether he will contest the Lok Sabha elections from Amethi or Raebareli, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi says, "This is BJP's question, very good. Whatever order I will get, I will follow it. In our party, all these (selections of candidates) decisions are taken by the CEC." Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav says "...'Electoral bond ne inka band baja diya...BJP sabhi bhrashtachiroya ka godaam ban gayi'...They are not only taking corrupts (in their party) but also keeping the money earned by the corrupts..." Congress leader Rahul Gandhi says, "This election is an election of ideology. On the one hand, RSS and BJP are trying to destroy the Constitution and the democratic system, and on the other hand, the INDIA alliance and Congress Party are trying to defend and protect the Constitution and democracy. There are 2-3 big issues in the elections. Unemployment is the biggest and inflation is the second biggest but BJP is engaged in creating distractions...Neither the Prime Minister nor the BJP talks about the issues."
