Rahul Gandhi attacks Piyush Goyal over Rs 48 crore 'Flashnet scam'; railway minister hits back with 'naamdaar' jibe

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday demanded the resignation of Union minister Piyush Goyal after accusing him of being involved in the Rs 48 crore Flashnet scam, which he said is about “deceit, conflict of interest and greed”. Rahul, who attacked the railway minister on Twitter, also put a picture along with his tweet, alleging that Goyal sold his stock of Flashnet Info Solutions to Piramal group, which has interests in the power sector, at 1,000 times the face value. He has alleged that this happened when Goyal was the minister of state for power.

The Congress has been demanded the resignation of Goyal over the alleged scam and for “conflict of interest”. However, Goyal hit back at Rahul through a tweet saying that he was a “kaamdaar” (worker) and not a “naamdaar” (dynast) like him.

Earlier on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing a rally Karnataka’s Chamarajanagar attacked Rahul and the Congress over what the BJP calls dynastic politics. Modi said, “Rahul Ji, you are naamdaar (one with a name), we are kaamdaar (focussed on work)".  With inputs from PTI