Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and election rival Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi traded barbs about campaign funding on Wednesday, with both sides accusing the other of taking money from top industrialists Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani.

"In 10 years, Narendra Modi never mentioned the names of Adani and Ambani. He gave thousands of speeches in 10 years but he never took their names. When someone gets scared, he takes the names of people who, he thinks, can save them," Rahul Gandhi said.

In a tit-for-tat exchange, Rahul Gandhi of the Congress hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remarks about businessmen Adani and Ambani, suggesting that Modi's statements hinted at personal experience.

Rahul Gandhi hit back at PM Modi for the allegations levelled against him by the Prime Minister. “Mr Narendra Modi, Do Adani-Ambani fill you in a 'tempo' and give you

Congress national general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday replied to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's attack on her brother and former Congress President Rahul Gandhi where he had raised the Congress' silence on Adani-Ambani and questioned if there was a secret deal between the Congress and the industrialists.