Speaking at a public meeting in the Balasore Lok Sabha constituency on the final day of campaigning, Gandhi accused the BJP of filing 24 cases against him, imprisoning him in a defamation case, revoking his Lok Sabha membership, government residence, and subjecting him to 50 hours of interrogation by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
"But why hasn't any case been filed against (CM) Naveen Patnaik, who claims to be fighting the BJP? There have been no interrogations, no raids because Naveen Patnaik works for the BJP. These two (BJD and BJP) are aligned, and their partnership aims to plunder the wealth of the people of Odisha, the mines, and make billions from it," Gandhi alleged.
"In Telangana, there was a partnership between the TRS and BJP," Gandhi added.
"Its chief minister used to work for the BJP. There was pressure, there was fear, and the entire work was done by the chief minister for the BJP. The Congress party stood up and fought the BJP and TRS, breaking the backbone of both in Telangana. Today, there is no government of billionaires in Telangana. Today, there is a government of the people in Telangana. Crores of rupees are given to the poor and women travel in the bus for free. The government is working for the people, listening to the voice of the people, that is what we are going to do in Odisha. We don’t want a government of billionaires, we want a government of the people of Odisha, and our goal is to dismantle the partnership of Naveen babu and Narendra Modi," the Wayanad MP said.
Reiterating his claims that the BJP wants to abolish the Constitution, Gandhi said, "While the INDI Alliance wants to save the Constitution of India at any cost, the BJP and RSS want to destroy Ambedkar’s Constitution."
“I want to tell them that no power can destroy the Indian Constitution. You (BJP) can use all forces, but can’t touch the Constitution,” he said.
Gandhi also stated that once elected to power, the INDI Alliance government would discard the Agniveer defense scheme. “We don’t need two types of martyrs. Each soldier should receive a pension, canteen facility, proper training, and martyr status in defense service,” he said.