New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday attacked the BJP-led Centre, saying they sold everything in seven years that the Congress-led governments set up in 70 years.
Addressing the national executive of the Congress-affiliated National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), he said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was dubbed a weak PM at the time of the Mumbai terror attacks but the media did not question Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the time of Pulwama attacks.
“The Congress has always been a building block for the country and all our hard work of 70 years has been sold by the BJP in mere seven years. When the Mumbai attacks had happened, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was called a weak PM by the media. The media did not raise questions at the time of Pulwama attacks,” he said.
Gandhi cited that several terror-related incidents, similar to the Mumbai attack, had taken place during the Modi government, but it was not criticised by the media the same way as the UPA was, sources said.
He also alleged Chinese incursions into Indian territory and citing the farmers’ agitation said that the media was not covering their protest, even when it is non-political, the sources said.
Gandhi said that farmers have been protesting for several months now.
Farmers are protesting against three agriculture laws at Delhi border points since last year and demanding the legislation be repealed.
The Congress leader also asked young students to work hard against the “anti-democratic government and put every effort possible to work for student welfare”, the sources said.
He also praised NSUI members for working hard during the coronavirus period exhorted them to strive for increasing the presence of the NSUI across the country.
Congress general secretary and Rajya Sabha MP KC Venugopal also praised the NSUI members for their hard work.
“I myself have been a part of the NSUI family and used to sit at the same place where the members are today. We can change the government for good,” he added.
While addressing the executive, Rajya Sabha MP Deepender Singh Hooda said democracy in the country is in danger at present.
The BJP government is not listening to farmers and constantly trying to silence the voice of the opposition, he said.
Rajya Sabha MP Shaktisinh Gohil said even when the BJP had two MPs “we respected them as opposition” but today the BJP is working to suppress the opposition and is not giving a chance to speak in Parliament.
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