Attack on Constitution: Rahul Gandhi on lavish Ambani wedding

Addressing a rally in Haryana's Sonipat, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said that PM Modi has developed a system where 25 people in India can spend thousands of crores of rupees on their marriage, while farmers and ordinary people have to take loans for getting their children married.

In Short

• Rahul Gandhi criticises Mukesh Ambani's lavish spending on son's wedding
• People's money was used for the Ambani wedding, claims Rahul Gandhi
• Raebareli MP accuses central government of helping selected industrialists

Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that business tycoon Mukesh Ambani spent "thousands of crore rupees" on his son's wedding that belonged to the people of India. Gandhi also accused the BJP of attacking the Constitution and working for a handful of billionaires in the country.

Addressing an election rally in Haryana's Sonipat, the Raebareli MP said, "Do you know that Ambani ji spent thousands of crore rupees on his son's wedding? Whose money is it? It is your money. If you want your children to get married, there is no money in your bank accounts. You have to get a bank loan for the wedding of your children. Narendra Modi has developed a system where 25 people in India can spend thousands of crore of rupees on their weddings, but a farmer can organise a wedding only by drowning in debt."

"If this is not an attack on the Constitution, then what is?" Gandhi added.

In his speech, the Congress MP further claimed that a farmer can organise a wedding in his family only after taking a loan.

"Truth is that money is going into the pocket of these 25 people while it is being taken out of your pocket," he added.

Anant Ambani, the youngest son of billionaire industrialist Mukesh Ambani, and Radhika Merchant, daughter of industrialist Viren Merchant, got married in a glitzy ceremony at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai in July this year.

The wedding witnessed a spectacle of opulence and celebrity glamour, with several Bollywood celebrities and political dignitaries gracing the occasion.

In his speech in Bahadurgarh, Rahul Gandhi also launched an attack on the central government, saying that schemes such as Agnipath were launched "to snatch away the pension, canteen, and martyr status from Indian soldiers".

Agriculture-dominated Haryana is witnessing a bilateral contest with the BJP aiming to form the government for the third term, while the Congress is eyeing a return to power after 10 years.

Voting in Haryana will take place on October 5 and the results will be out on October 8.