PM ‘ darpok’, says Rahul, dares debate
Says ‘ RSS people’ will be removed from institutions
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Thursday stepped up his attack on PM Narendra Modi by calling him a “darpok” ( coward) and daring him to a five- minute debate with him on national security and the Rafale fighter jet deal.
“I know his ( Modi) character after fighting him for five years. He is a coward. When someone stands up to him, he runs away,” Mr Gandhi said at a meeting of the party’s minority cell.
“Modiji, you said you have a 56- inch chest. I challenge you to face a debate with me. I challenge you,” Mr Gandhi said. ■
New Delhi, Feb. 7: Accusing the RSS of trying to capture all the institutions of the Country, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that his party’s governments in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhatisgarh will remove the organisation’s loyalists from the system if voted to power.
Launching a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for calling him a “coward”, the Congress President challenged him to a debate on issues like national security, Rafale and the economy.
“I know his ( Modi) character after fighting him for five years. He is a coward. When someone stands up to him, he runs away,” Mr
Gandhi said at a convention of the party’s minority cell here.
Mr Gandhi claimed that there was fear written large on the PM’s face. “He now knows you can’t rule India by dividing people. The image of Narendra Modi is finished,” the Congress President declared.
Claiming that RSS was attempting to capture institutions from the judiciary to the Election Commission, Mr Gandhi said: “We will ensure that RSS people put in institutions are removed.”