The CWC met today. As a team, we discussed the political situation in the country & the huge opportunity for the Co… https://t.co/JdOzR8PXY9 — Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) 1533375571000

किसी भी कीमत पर मोदी जी और उनकी सरकार पर प्रहार करना और उनको हराने की कोशिश करना, भले ही उसके लिए अपने अस्तित्व को… https://t.co/0jbHnB2UXh — BJP (@BJP4India) 1533381406000

One of the highlights of today’s CWC meeting, was Mr Antony’s brilliant description of the Rafale robbery: 130,000… https://t.co/mXlUgtoGoS — Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) 1533383802000

(With inputs from agencies)

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Saturday decided to target the Narendra Modi government on the issue of corruption by launching a public campaign to highlight the "bank scams, Rafale deal and the bad state of the economy".The decision was taken at the Congress's highest decision-making body, Congress Working Committee (CWC), chaired by party chief Rahul Gandhi where the leaders also chalked out a strategy on the crucial issue of Assam's National Register of Citizens (NRC).Later in the day, BJP hit back at the Congress saying that its "sole objective" is to attack and defeat Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government, irrespective of the cost.BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said that the Congress is ready to forge alliances with "everyone" just to stall the progressive work carried out by the Modi government.The CWC meet was attended by top party leaders including former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh , AK Antony, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Mallikarjun Kharge, Ahmed Patel and Ashok Gehlot. However, former party president Sonia Gandhi was unable to attend the meeting. This is the second meeting of the newly-constituted CWC under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi.Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said after the meeting that the party will launch a public campaign or 'Jan Andolan', details of which will be chalked out in the coming days in consultation with state units and leaders.The party intends to corner the government on media reports which quoted Antiguan authorities as saying that Indian agencies had no adverse information against Mehul Choksi when the Caribbean country conducted a background check on the PNB scam accused before granting him citizenship in 2017.The Congress has alleged that it had "exposed the complicity and connivance" of the Modi government in the escape of the fugitive jeweller.On the Rafale deal, Surjewala said neither the Prime Minister nor the defence minister is disclosing the price of the jets purchased by this government and claimed that the price fixed during UPA was Rs 526 crore against Rs 1,676 crore for the jets purchased under NDA, that has caused a loss of Rs 48,000 crore to the exchequer.Taking a cautious stand on the National Register of Citizens exercise in Assam, Surjewala said after the meeting that the NRC was "Congress' baby" and was initiated as a consequence of the Assam accord signed by late prime minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1985 and the party will ensure that no Indian citizen is left out of it."The NRC is a baby of the Congress party and it will ensure that no Indian citizen is deprived of his legitimate right," he said.Surjewala also pointed out figures claiming that while the Congress-led UPA government from 2005 to 2013 had deported 82,728 foreigners (Bangladeshis), the NDA government has only deported only 1,822 foreign nationals in the last four years. He was citing figures shared by the Modi government in Parliament."Every Indian citizen should get justice and foreigners should be identified," he said.