Rahul Gandhi has demanded Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's resignation alleging that he allowed businessman Mehul Choksi to flee the country. Photo: PTI

Congress president Rahul Gaandhi has launched a frontal attack on Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and demanded his resignation.

In a tweet, Rahul Gandhi alleged that Arun Jaitley's daughter was on the payroll of fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi. However, the finance minister sat on the file and allowed Mehul Choksi to flee the country, Rahul Gandhi alleged.

Rahul Gandhi also claimed that Arun Jaitley's daughter got money (from Mehul Choksi) from an ICICI account number 12170500316.

As usual, Rahul Gandhi has misspelt the finance minister name as Arun Jaitlie and demanded his resignation with the hashtag 'Arun Jaitlie Must Resign'.

"Arun Jaitlie's daughter was on the payroll of thief Mehul Choksi. Meanwhile her FM daddy sat on his file & allowed him to flee. She received money from ICICI a/c no: 12170500316. It's sad that media has blacked out this story. The people of India won't. #ArunJaitlieMustResign," the tweet from Rahul Gandhi's handle stated.

It is expected that Arun Jaitley would reply to Rahul Gandhi's personal attack through his blog on Facebook page.

Mehul Choksi is a co-accused along with another absconding businessman Nirav Modi in the cheating Punjab National Bank to the tune of Rs 14,000 crore.