Raebareli (UP): Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that his “remote control” is with US President Donald Trump.
He was on a visit to his Lok Sabha constituency Raebareli and party bastion Amethi.
Addressing Congress workers at Khiron in Harchandpur assembly constituency of Raebareli, Gandhi alleged that the Central government asks the country’s farmers, labourers and small traders to buy electric vehicles when people do not even get enough food or jobs.
“I don’t know what the prime minister is dreaming about when he asks the country to buy electric vehicles. We can’t even get cooking gas to prepare meals at home. The prime minister is asking people not to go abroad or buy gold. I have no idea in what world this man is living in,” the former Congress president said.
He said the “remote control” of the prime minister lies in America’s hands.
“You must have heard Donald Trump’s speech. He says, ‘Look here, I could finish his career in two minutes’. Meanwhile, the Epstein files remain closed. Modi goes abroad 24 hours (a day) in an attempt to save himself — sometimes to save (himself) from America, sometimes to visit Norway. He folds his hands and tells them, ‘Please forgive me, do not open the Epstein files. Or, there is a case against Adani ji, please close it’,” Gandhi said.
He claimed that a deal had been struck with the US, under which the prime minister snatched everything from India and handed it over to America.
“Take it in writing. In the near future, the Adani case currently pending in the US will be dismissed. Why? Because Narendra Modi has sold out India, along with its poor, its farmers, labourers, unemployed youth, our data and everything to America, all to get Adani’s case closed. Modi has handed over our entire agricultural system to America. Very shortly, the Adani case will be dismissed by Donald Trump,” he said.
Gandhi claimed that Modi has “surrendered our data” and offered to purchase goods worth Rs 9.5 lakh crore from the US.
“The prime minister has compromised our energy security. Why? Only to save himself from the Adani case,” he said.
The LoP said that electricity, petrol and gas will become more expensive, as there is a war going on between the US and Iran.
“Iran has blocked the Strait of Hormuz, saying that the US has attacked the country and dropped bombs over it. As a result, the price of oil (stock) in the world has increased so quickly,” he said.
The LoP pointed out that the suffering caused by the Centre’s policies over the last 12 years would not be borne by industrialists but by farmers, labourers, small traders and the youth.
“I say this every day. Narendra Modi ji, start taking action. Begin helping and protecting the farmers, small traders and youth. Otherwise, the country will face an immense loss. Narendra Modi ji looks this way and that way, but takes no action,” Gandhi said.
Addressing Congress workers, Gandhi said it was now their responsibility to take this “truth” to the people and tell them that the BJP leadership had “sold the country” to save itself.
“When BJP workers stand before you, tell them that they and their leaders are traitors. Tell them they made a deal with America to save their leader and sold Hindustan,” he said.
“The country has understood that Narendra Modi has sold Hindustan to save himself, to protect himself from Trump, the Adani case and the Epstein files. Watch it, within 10 to 20 days, the Adani case in America will be dismissed,” Gandhi added.
He also attacked a section of the media, alleging that issues concerning farmers, unemployment and inflation were being ignored.
“You will never see in the media that farmers are dying of hunger or that unemployment is increasing. But they will show you weddings of corporates, film stars dancing and singing, and cricket 24 hours a day,” he alleged.
