Participating in the no-confidence movement debate, reinstated MP Rahul Gandhi additionally slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not visiting Manipur and alleged that he doesn’t think about the state to be a part of India.
In a blistering attack towards the BJP over violence in Manipur, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that its politics had “murdered Bharat Mata” in the northeastern state and termed members of the ruling social gathering “traitors”.
Participating in the no-confidence movement debate, Gandhi additionally slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not visiting Manipur and alleged that he doesn’t think about the state to be a part of India.
“I went to Manipur a few days ago. Our prime minister has not gone there, he has not gone there till now. He does not consider Manipur part of India. I used the word Manipur, but the reality is there is no Manipur left. You have divided Manipur into two parts, you have broken up Manipur,” Gandhi mentioned.
Gandhi mentioned he visited Manipur and met ladies and kids on the aid camps, however the prime minister had not completed. The prime minister was not in the House when Gandhi spoke.
“I asked a woman, ‘What happened with you?’ She said, ‘My small son, only child, was shot before my eyes. I spent the whole night with the body of my child and then I felt afraid. I left my house’. I asked her if she had brought along something with her and she said only the clothes she wearing and a photo,” Gandhi mentioned, narrating his experiences.
In one other camp, he mentioned he requested a lady the identical query — “What happened with you?” As he did so, she began trembling and fainted.
“These are the two examples. In Manipur, they (BJP) have murdered Hindustan. Their politics has not killed Manipur but killed Hindustan in Manipur. Hindustan has been murdered in Manipur….By killing the people of Manipur you have murdered Bharat Mata, you are not desh bhakts (patriots) but deshdrohis (traitors),” the previous Congress chief mentioned.
As the treasury benches protested and slammed Gandhi, Union minister Kiren Rijiju mentioned the Congress chief ought to apologise for his remarks as it’s the Congress which is accountable for insurgency and different issues in the northeast.
Continuing his no-holds barred attack towards the federal government in his over 30-minute speech, Gandhi went on to say that it’s the Army that may deliver peace to Manipur however the authorities just isn’t deploying it.
“You have murdered the voice of India, which means you have murdered Bharat Mata in Manipur… My mother is sitting here. The other mother, Bharat Mata, you killed in Manipur,” he mentioned, pointing to Sonia Gandhi who was current in the House.
“You have sprinkled kerosene everywhere. You have set fire to Manipur. You are now trying the same thing in Haryana,” he added, referring to latest communal clashes in Gurugram and Nuh.
Gandhi alleged that the prime minister listens to solely two individuals, Amit Shah and Gautam Adani, simply as Ravan paid heed to solely two. He didn’t elaborate on the purpose.
The former Congress president additionally mentioned the Bharat Jodo Yatra just isn’t over and he undertook the cross-country march to perceive what was it he liked and for what had he confronted abuse for 10 years.
The Congress chief additionally thanked Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla for reinstating his membership of the House.
“The last time I spoke, I also caused you (Birla) pain. I focussed on Adani ji with such intensity, your senior leaders felt pain. That pain also affected you, for that I apologise to you,” Gandhi informed Birla.
“I only spoke the truth. My BJP friends you need not be afraid because my speech today will not be focussed on us. Rumi said, ‘Jo shabd dil se aate hain woh dil mein jaate hain’. Will not attack you much.” “I walked from one end of the country to another, from the coast to the snowy mountains of Kashmir. The yatra is still not over … Many people asked me after it started, ‘Rahul why did you walk, what is your aim’.
“I didn’t know why I wished to stroll however I quickly understood the factor that I really like and the factor for which I’m prepared to die and go to Modi ji’s jail, the factor for which I bore abuse for 10 years, I wished to perceive,” he mentioned.
The no-confidence movement has been introduced by the Congress on behalf of the opposition grouping INDIA. The debate was initiated on Tuesday by Congress’ Gaurav Gogoi. It will conclude with the prime minister’s reply on Thursday. Many Rajya Sabha members have been in the gallery when he spoke.
