Prime Minister Narendra Modi renewed his attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday, challenging him to disclose the amount of “money he received from Ambani-Adani" and the nature of the “deal" he has cut with them in the election season. 

In a rally in Telangana, he wondered why Gandhi had stopped abusing “Ambani-Adani" ever since the Lok Sabha elections were announced, and asked “how many sacks of black money" the opposition leader had received.

“You must have seen that the Congress’s shehzada [prince], for the past five years, had been chanting ‘five businessmen, five businessmen’…Ever since his Rafale issue got grounded, he started a new chant," PM Modi said, referring to the poll-time controversy five years ago over the delivery of Rafale fighter jets from France.

“Then he started saying Ambani-Adani, Ambani-Adani. But ever since elections have been announced, he has stopped abusing Ambani-Adani. I want to ask from the land of Telangana today: how much has the shehzada taken from Ambani-Adani this election? How many bags of black money has he got? Has a tempo filled with notes reached the Congress? What deal has been made that you have stopped abusing Ambani-Adani overnight? For five years, you abused Ambani-Adani, and [now you] stopped overnight. That means you have got something. You will have to answer to the people of the country on this," he said without naming Gandhi.