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PUDUCHERRY, FEB 17
In a hard-hitting attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged none can get justice from the judicial system in the country without being terrified of the consequences.
LIVE: Shri @RahulGandhi addresses a public meeting in Mudaliarpet, Puducherry.#RahulGandhiWithPuducherry https://t.co/5BunitX2MM
— Congress (@INCIndia) February 17, 2021
Addressing his first public meeting for elections to the Puducherry Assembly likely in April, he alleged, “Today, an Indian person cannot get justice from the judicial system without being terrified of what will be done to him.”
While journalists feared for their lives, Bills were passed in the Parliament without any discussion and elected leaders like him were not allowed to speak in the Lok Sabha because, “one man thinks he is not the Prime Minister but he is the king of the country,” he said.
Gandhi accused Modi of not allowing the Congress government in the union territory to function for the last nearly five years, a reference to the running feud between the Narayanasamy ministry and outgoing Lt Governor Kiran Bedi over many issues.
He alleged the Prime Minister destroyed the institution of the Lt Governor and did not value the people’s mandate.
“Through the office of the LG, he has repeatedly sent you a message saying that your vote does not matter.” “PM Modi has taken your dreams, aspirations and worked against them by destroying the institution of the Lt Governor, just like he destroys all other institutions,” he alleged.
BJP leaders take aim at Rahul Gandhi
BJP leaders, including Union ministers, took a swipe at Rahul Gandhi after he claimed there was no separate ministry for fisheries like agriculture as they said such a ministry already exists and accused him of practising politics of “lies”.
LIVE: Shri @RahulGandhi interacts with Fishermen community at Muthialpet, Puducherry. #RahulGandhiWithPuducherry https://t.co/ErzijW8gRL
— Congress (@INCIndia) February 17, 2021
During an interaction with fishermen in Puducherry, Congress leader Gandhi described them as the farmers of the sea and asked if the farmers of the land can have a ministry, why can’t they?
Caro Raul (@RahulGandhi),
Non esiste un Ministero della pesca separato in Italia. Viene sotto Ministero delle Politiche Agricole e Forestali. https://t.co/Lv9x3r8ozK
— Shandilya Giriraj Singh (मोदी का परिवार) (@girirajsinghbjp) February 17, 2021
Addressing the Congress leader in his tweets, Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying Minister Giriraj Singh said he should know that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had created the new ministry on May 31, 2019.
Singh added that he was willing to inform Gandhi of the fisheries ministry’s work across the country, including in Puducherry.
The BJP leader also posted a tweet in Italian that said there is no separate ministry of fisheries in Italy and that it comes under the agriculture and forestry ministry.
श्री @RahulGandhi जी..
ये मिनिस्ट्री है
@FisheriesGoI
ये मिनिस्टर हैं
और ये फिर एक बार,
झूठ की राजनीति के चक्कर में,@INCIndia ‘पार्टी’ की किरकिरी हो रही हैpic.twitter.com/s079SoP9Kf
— Anurag Thakur (मोदी का परिवार) (@ianuragthakur) February 17, 2021
Mocking Gandhi, Union minister Anurag Thakur said the Congress is again left red-faced due to its “politics of lies”.
Caro @girirajsinghbjp
Sanno solo una cosa. Diffondere bugie, paura e disinformazione. https://t.co/mBY7amqcqX
— Smriti Z Irani (Modi Ka Parivar) (@smritiirani) February 17, 2021
Union minister Smriti Irani also joined her colleagues in targeting the Congress leader and posted a tweet in Italian.
