BJP ‘inciting fights’ in country: Rahul

NA RNA GA R( BA STAR ): Congress vicepresident Rahul Gandhi raised questions over “silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on rapes, killings and atrocities” in Bastar and also targeted Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Sing hon the Panama Papers revelations, on Saturday.

Slam ming the PM and the B JP, he said, “Jahanja ate hainek Hindust a niko doosre Hindustani se ladaate hain... Jammu Kashmir mein aag laga di... Northeast me ina ag lag adi ... Ha ryan a me in aag laga di... Chhattisgarh mein mahilaaon ko maar rahe hain, lekin pradhanmantri ji ne ek shabd nahi bola (Wherever they go they initiate violence... they triggered violence in Jam mu and Kashmir, Northeast, Haryana... Women are being beaten up in Ch hat tis ga rh, but the Prime Minister is silent ).”

Rahul was addressing a rally at Nagarnar in Maoist-affected Bastar region.

Attacking Singh, he said Nawaz Sharif resigned as Pakistan prime minister after his family’s name figured in the Panama Papers, but Singh had not resigned yet despite his family also facing allegations in the scandal. Last year, the Congress alleged that Singh’s son Abhishek held offshore assets as per the Panama Papers, which are leaked documents of about 1.15 crore files containing details ofnearly2.15lakhbankaccounts.

Singh and his son, the Lok Sabha MP from Rajnandgaon, have rubbished the allegations. Singh has described the charges as “baseless and unfounded”.

Rahul said Singh was not resigning “because he is a leader of RSS and BJP. Modiji talks about corruption. Why he can’t see the corruption of Raman Singh and Rajasthan CM (Vasundhara Raje).”