With Rahul Gandhi presiding over the Congress Working Committee meet in Delhi for the second time on Saturday, senior party leaders discussed the issues of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) final draft, bank fraud cases, corruption, Rafale deal, farmers’ woes and unemployment.

Speaking at a press conference, held after the meeting concluded, Congress communication-in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala launched a scathing attack at the Narendra Modi-government, accusing the prime minister of misleading India. Congress leader Ashok Gehlot who was also present at the conference said that the party has started preparations for upcoming Assembly elections in four states

Surjewala also said that absconding businessman Mehul Choksi was also brought up during the CWC meeting. “Mehul Choksi got Antigua and Barbuda citizenship. We discussed how the MEA, in a conspiracy at the direction of the Modi government, helped him get a citizenship in Antigua in January 2017,” said Surjewala, adding, “Between 2015 and 2017, 42 cases were lodged against Choksi, Nirav Modi and their companies.”

He also claimed that Choksi had promised the court that he would not leave the country. “Choksi, in an affidavit to the Gujarat High Court, in 2016 said that he will not leave the country or deposit his passport. If you (government) knew about this in 2017, why did Modi give him a clean chit?” asked Surjewala.