GOP chief targets Modi, says petrol price hike benefitting fugitives, no relief for people

SAGAR: In a taunt at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday asked: “How are all ModiModi,” as he mentioned names of fugitive economic offenders Nirav Modi and Lalit Modi. Addressing a gathering in the pollbound Madhya Pradesh, Gandhi also attacked Modi on petrol and LPG price hike in the recent past. “Tell me how there are Narendra Modi, Nirav Modi and Lalit Modi in the country? How are all Modi-Modi,” Rahul said. “Modi, who claims himself as chowkidar (watchman) refers to common people as mitron (friends) but he called Nirav Modi and other fugitives as bhai (brother).”

Rahul Gandhi alleged the Prime Minister is providing benefit to a few industrialists. “The oil prices are dropping all over the world. During the UPA’s tenure, the price of petrol was `140 per barrel (international market). Now, the petrol price has been dropped to half. Currently, it is `70 per barrel,” Rahul said.

Whenever youths of Madhya Pradesh fill the tank of their vehicles, the money of the petrol went to the pockets of fugitives including Nirav Modi, the Grand Old Party (GOP) chief said. He faulted Modi for going back on his promise to provide LPG to each woman of the country. The value of LPG has reached double its price, he said.

Attacking MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan on filing a defamation case against him after he mistakenly named Chouhan’s son in the Panama paper issue, Congress president asked: “I have a question for Shivraj Singh Chouhan. When I spoke about Vyapam scam, e-tendering, dumper scam and illegal mining cases and named your wife and son’s involvement in these matters, why didn’t you file defamation cases against me?” “It seems there is something truth in them.”