Rahul Gandhi accuses BJP of Stock Market 'Scam,' calls for JPC probe

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused the BJP of what he termed as a stock market scam and demanded a Joint Parliamentary Committee or JPC probe into the matter.

Gandhi questioned the relationship between Modi-Shah and the exit pollsters, alleging that the BJP had prior knowledge that the exit polls were wrong.

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Despite knowing this, Rahul added, BJP leaders including PM Modi publicly assured the public that the stock markets would skyrocket and hit new highs post the election results and urged people to invest before that.

Rahul's allegations of stock market manipulation come after the stark contrast between the exit polls and final election results caused massive volatility in the stock market.

After all exit polls predicted a massive victory for the BJP and the NDA, the stock market saw a spectacular rise. However, on counting day, when it became clear that the exit polls were completely off the mark and that the BJP by itself was far from the halfway mark, markets crashed by a whopping 8% intraday and closed more than 5% lower.