Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has a habit of using expansive language but then quickly retiring to his shell when the blowback happens.
So it was on Saturday when two senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader took him on on his comments.
On Friday, Gandhi had told the media with a flourish that there is “no democracy in India.”
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman lost little time in joining the issue with the Gandhi scion.
“If an opposition leader says this even after a party (BJP) single-handedly winning in the parliamentary election, then it becomes clear that he trusts the parliamentary democracy only when he wins, this is not called democracy, it is his tyranny which can only be practiced in dynasty.”
She said Rahul Gandhi is not worried about democracy rather his only cares about the welfare of one family
“He (Rahul Gandhi) is not concerned about democracy, he only has parivarvaad in mind. Democracy is only when he wins, not when the other party wins with a clear majority!” she stated.
She also attacked Gandhi for his recent drama when he submitted the document containing two crore signatures to President Ram Nath Kovind. She said, “I want to ask Rahul Gandhi that were these pro-farmers policies not mentioned in the 2019 election manifesto of Congress? They are against the laws just because those reforms are being implemented by PM Modi, and not them. The hypocrisy can be seen,” she said.
Close on Sitharaman’s heels, her colleague Union Information and Broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar locked horns with Rahul Gandhi, saying he “appears in public in a fortnight.”
“Rahul Gandhi suddenly said you will (Centre government) have to withdraw the new farm laws. I am giving him an open challenge for a debate, whether the laws are good, in the interest of farmers or not.”
The opposition party has been “unmasked” as it has become clear and it and its allies have been using farmers’ shoulders to fire at the government and have been “instigating” them, he alleged.
