‘RaGa lying at election rallies’

Jaipur, Oct. 11: Union minister Prakash Javadekar Thursday accused Congress president Rahul Gandhi of lying to people at his election rallies, asserting that an untruth does not become the truth even if it is spoken loudly.

Javadekar’s remarks came a day after Mr Gandhi addressed a public rally in Bikaner city in the run-up to the assembly election in Rajasthan on December 7. Mr Gandhi targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over “corruption” in the Rafale deal signed with France, repeating the charge that Anil Ambani’s Reliance group benefited from it.

Mr Gandhi levelled similar charges — denied by the government and the Reliance Group — at his public meetings in Dholpur, Bharatpur and Dausa districts on Tuesday.

Mr Javadekar, BJP’s poll in-charge for Rajasthan, said Mr Gandhi’s “lies” will no longer work as the he has not been “taught properly”.

“Mr Gandhi has learnt a new mantra. He has been taught that tell a lie… in high voice …so that it appears true. But he has not been taught properly. A lie is always a lie and it never turns into truth,” Mr Javadekar said.

The human resource development minister said the opposition Congress has no face in Rajasthan and the ruling BJP would return to power after the assembly election. “The number of BJP-ruled states and our number (of MPs) in Lok Sabha will increase in time to come. Vasundhara Raje will once again become the CM in Rajasthan,” he claimed.