Rahul takes on Modi for giving tickets to Reddys
Bantwal (Karnataka), April 27: Taking a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his China visit, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said on Friday he would remain silent on the Doklam issue during his talks with President Xi Jinping, and wondered where his ‘56 inch chest' has gone.
He also slammed Mr Modi over his “silence” on alleged corruption by BJP leaders, including its chief Amit Shah’s son.
“I have heard that he (Modi) is visiting China. You just see, take it in writing from me. China’s army is sitting in Doklam and he will not utter a word on Doklam in China, you just watch.
“He (Modi) won’t utter a word, this is 56 inch chest. Only hollow words, false promises,” Mr Gandhi, who is on a two-day election campaign tour of Karnataka, told a public rally here.
The Congress president spoke of how Mr Modi had hosted Mr Xi in his home state Gujarat and the Chinese troops made an incursion into Indian territory. “In Gujarat, on the banks of a river, Narendra Modi ji sits on a swing with the Chinese President. Chinese President goes back home and puts Chinese army in Doklam,” he said.
Taking on the BJP for giving tickjets to the tainted Reddy brothers of Bellary, Mr Gandhi said, “Modi ji folds his hands in front of Basavanna’s statue, garlands it, and then he gives eight tickets to Reddy brothers. He says he stands against corruption .... but then he stands with Yeddyurappa who has spent time in jail, on one side, and four MLAs who have savoured jail food on the other.”
“It (CBI) is an agency that gives clean chit to Reddy brothers; it does whatever Modiji asks it to do. Amit Shah and Modiji will give them (Reddy brothers and their men) eight tickets and then they will give speeches that they are against corruption,” the Congress president said.