Rahul: Fear is spreading across India under Modi
‘BJP govt forcing people, journalists into silence’
Bengaluru, June 12: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that there was an atmosphere of “fear” across the country and the minority was feeling “threatened” under the Narendra Modi government.
Speaking at an event of his party here, Mr Gandhi accused the NDA government of “pitting one community against the other”. He also gave it a score of “zero” as regards creation of jobs.
“Fear is being generated across the country. Dalits are being beaten up, one community is being made to fight with another. Minorities are feeling threatened. My friends from the press are feeling uncomfortable, they are scared to write what they want to,” he said. “This is the spirit of the RSS-BJP and not of the Congress, he added.
Asserting that the Centre must follow the “Congress’ spirit” in running the country, Mr Gandhi referred to the party’s regime in Karnataka and lauded chief minister Siddaramaiah for his “focus on the poor and ability to listen to the people.”.
He was speaking at the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee’s extended general body meeting, in the presence of Mr Siddaramaiah and the party’s state unit chief, G.Parameshwara, among others.
Pointing out that one of the biggest promises that the Prime Minister had made to the youth was about employment, Mr Gandhi gave the Modi government a score of “zero” in this regard. “Narendra Modi had said two crore jobs would be created every year. The pass-mark in any exam is 40, but Modiji will get a zero out of 100 in creating jobs,” he added.
“Last year, the government could not even provide employment to one lakh people. This is the truth of Narendra Modi, BJP and RSS. They only want to distract the attention from the issues of farmers and employment,” alleged Mr Gandhi.
Accusing the government of “running the country by pitting the communities against each other, instead of providing jobs to the youth,” the Congress vice-president said creating jobs was essential for the future of the country.