Congress President Rahul Gandhi arrives for the Jan Aakrosh Rally, in New Delhi, on Sunday. Pic/PTI

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being "hollow" and speaking "lies", and said that the BJP will be defeated in the Karanataka assembly polls and the 2019 general elections. In a hard-hitting attack at Modi at the Jan Aakrosh rally, Gandhi tore into him on a range of issues, including corruption, problem of farmers, unemployment, atrocities against women, Rafale deal, and "agenda-less" visit to China. He also accused the Prime Minister of being silent over Union Minister Piyush Goyal's alleged sale of shares held in a privately held company at nearly 1,000 times the face value.