 "Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi speaks in the Lok Sabha in New Delhi")
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi had on Wednesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a debate on the President's Address in the Lok Sabha.
During his half-hour long fiery speech, the Congress leader lashed out at the Prime Minister and his Cabinet ministers on issues ranging from the domestic economy, foreign relations, and MGNREGA to Rohith Vemula and JNU.
“Under the Fair and Lovely scheme, no one will go to jail, no one will get arrested; no one will be asked. Just go to Arun Jaitley, pay tax and make the money white,” he said while referring to the Black Money scheme announced during the Budget.
Here’s a look at what else Gandhi said during his speech on Wednesday.
Indian Economy
‘Modiji had said (during his campaign) that economy is down, dal (prices) are at Rs 70. When I come to power, the prices will come down…Modiji came and you get Rs 200 dal in the market”
On MGNREGA
Modiji stood here saying that he has not seen such a bad scheme as MGNREGA. Arun Jaitley came to me and said there was nothing better than MGNREGA. I told him, why don’t you say this to your boss?
Rajnath Singh and Naga Accord
Even the Home Minister was not aware of the Naga Accord, which PM signed. Where is the accord gone? It has vanished into thin air. Gone with the wind.
Sushma Swaraj and Pakistan Visit
When 26/11 operations were on, the government of India begged the then Gujarat CM to not visit Mumbai. But he didn't listen. Pakistan directly attacked this country in Mumbai. Did he care? He went there, disturbed entire operations, grabbed headlines when our people died. And what does PM (now) do? Without any thought or vision, the PM decided to go have tea with the Pakistan PM (Nawaz Sharif). PM didn't consult the armed forces, he didn't consult the officials, I don't think he even discussed with Sushma ji
Black Money
In 2014, Modiji had given a speech that I will end black money; I will win the battle against black money. Whoever earned black money, I will put them in jail. Under the Fair and Lovely scheme, no one will go to jail, no one will get arrested; no one will be asked. Just go to Arun Jaitley, pay tax and make the money white.
Running India
The Prime Minister cannot run the country with his opinion alone. The country is not PM and PM is not the country.
Rohith Vemula
The first question was asked by Rohith Vemula, what is my fault? You came down on his shoulders with the full might of the Indian government. Your minister…you pressed him down and he committed suicide.
JNU Issue
You can suppress neither JNU nor the poor people of this country
RSS and ‘making mistakes’
Bhaiya, I am not from the RSS. I make mistakes
Gandhi and Savarkar
I said (Mahatma) Gandhi is ours, Veer Savarkar is yours. Am I wrong? Have you thrown Savarkar away? Good for you.
